单词 | epiglottis |
释义 | epiglottisn. ‘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). ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1615 |
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