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单词 epiglottis
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epiglottisn.

/ɛpɪˈɡlɒtɪs/
Etymology: < Greek ἐπιγλωττίς, < ἐπί upon + γλῶττα (γλῶσσα ) tongue; compare glottis n.
‘The erect, leaf-like cartilage at the root of the tongue, which during the act of swallowing is depressed, and forms a lid, or cover for the glottis’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > cartilage > cartilage of specific parts > [noun] > of neck or throat
ringbonec1400
ring?a1425
lavell1530
epiglot1547
flap?1550
weezle1594
cricoid1615
epiglottis1615
over-tongue1615
ring-gristle1615
shield-gristle1615
throat stopper1661
guggle1680
throat flap1683
ring cartilage1690
fillet1693
thyroid cartilage1726
thyroid1840
arytenoid1849
shield-cartilage1881
triticeous cartilage or nodule1891
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 971 The cauity giues way to the Epiglottis to open and lift it selfe vp.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 198 Birds have no Epiglottis . View more context for this quotation
1746 R. James in Moffett & Bennet's Health's Improvem. (new ed.) Introd. 4 The Aliment to be swallowed presses upon the Epiglottis.
1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) ix. 217 The Epiglottis is a heart-shaped cartilage.
1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. iii. 389 Such swelling,..may mainly affect the epiglottis.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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