ARYTAENOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arytaenoid mean? 

• ARYTAENOID (noun)
  The noun ARYTAENOID has 1 sense:

1. either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached

  Familiarity information: ARYTAENOID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARYTAENOID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arytaenoid; arytenoid; arytenoid cartilage

Hypernyms ("arytaenoid" is a kind of...):

cartilage; gristle (tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults)

Holonyms ("arytaenoid" is a part of...):

larynx; voice box (a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech)