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The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.

Bilingualism. [R.] Earle.

A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the pharynx.

One of the free, or nearly free, segments of a tapeworm. It contains both male and female reproductive organs, and is capable of a brief independent existence.

sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h.

Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis.

Pertaining to both tongue and epiglottis; as, glossoepiglottic folds.

Of or pertaining to, or produced by, the glottis; glottic. Glottal catch, an effect produced upon the breath or voice by a sudden opening or closing of the glotts. Sweet.

Of or pertaining to the glottis; glottal.

ion, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough. [Written also hickup or hiccup.]

A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening.

t of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis.

Proglottis.

A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs.

Situated under the epiglottis.

Situated below the glottis; -- applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx below the true vocal cords.

Situated above the glottis; -- applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx above the true vocal cords.

ssions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth -- tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages.

To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.

ronounced with vibrations of the vocal cords; sonant; -- said of a sound uttered with the glottis narrowed. Voiced stop, Voice stop (Phon.), a stopped consonant made with tone from the larynx while the mouth organs are closed at some point; a sonant mute, as b, d, g hard.