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Adam's apple, prominentia laryngea.

"Adam's apple," q. v.

The prominent ridge of the thyroid cartilage in the front of the neck, more pronounced in males.

The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the neck- of males particularly. It is so called from a notion that it was caused by the apple sticking in the throat of our first parent.

Adam's apple; prominence on the throat caused by thyroid cartilage.

The prominence in the middle line of the throat formed by the junction of the two lateral wings of the thyroid cartilage