Meaning Of The Word Larynx

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larynx
countable noun: Your larynx is the top part of the passage that leads from your throat to your lungs and contains your vocal cords.

larynx in American English
the structure of muscle and cartilage at the upper end of the human trachea, containing the vocal cords and serving as the organ of voice
noun: a muscular and cartilaginous structure lined with mucous membrane at the upper part of the trachea in humans, in which the vocal cords are located

larynx in British English
noun: a cartilaginous and muscular hollow organ forming part of the air passage to the lungs: in higher vertebrates it contains the vocal cords

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