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laryngeal
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la·ryn·ge·al  (l-rnj-l, -jl, lrn-jl) also la·ryn·gal (l-rnggl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, affecting, or near the larynx.
2. Produced in or with the larynx; glottal.
n.
1. A laryngeal sound.
2. Any of a set of h-like sounds reconstructed for early Proto-Indo-European and partially preserved in Anatolian.

[From New Latin laryngeus, from Greek larunx, larung-, larynx.]

laryngeal
Adjective
of or relating to the larynx
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Adj.1.laryngeal - of or relating to or situated in the larynx; "laryngeal infection"

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6) CT of the cricoarytenoid joints can be more difficult to interpret when there is insufficient mineralization of the laryngeal cartilages, as is the case with younger patients.
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