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CRICOID CARTILAGE

\kɹˈɪkɔ͡ɪd kˈɑːtɪlɪd͡ʒ], \kɹˈɪkɔ‍ɪd kˈɑːtɪlɪd‍ʒ], \k_ɹ_ˈɪ_k_ɔɪ_d k_ˈɑː_t_ɪ_l_ɪ_dʒ]\

Definitions of CRICOID CARTILAGE

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1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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The small thick cartilage that forms the lower and posterior parts of the laryngeal wall.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Laryngeal cartilage having shape of a ring.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

The lowest cartilage of the larynx.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

See under cartilage. [Gr.]
A ring-shaped c. forming the lower portion of the cartilaginous framework of the larynx

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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