EPIGLOTTIS (epiglottides)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: epiglottides   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does epiglottis mean? 

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

1. a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPIGLOTTIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

cartilaginous structure (body structure given shape by cartilage)

Meronyms (parts of "epiglottis"):

gustatory organ; taste bud; tastebud (an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue)

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

trachea; windpipe (membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi)

 Context examples 

Any of the eight intrinsic muscles of the larynx; five for the vocal cords and three connecting to the epiglottis.

(Laryngeal Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common sites of origin are pyriform sinus, epiglottis, and base of tongue.

(Head and Neck Basaloid Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant neoplasm that affects the epiglottis.

(Malignant Epiglottis Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

The upper part of the larynx, including the epiglottis; the area above the vocal cords.

(Murine Supraglottis, NCI Thesaurus)

The part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper portion of the epiglottis.

(Oropharynx, NCI Thesaurus)

Tissue that occupies the area between the soft palate and upper portion of the epiglottis.

(Oropharyngeal Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

The lingual or upper surface of the epiglottis.

(Anterior Surface of the Epiglottis, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the epiglottis.

(Epiglottis Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma of the larynx that arises from the epiglottis.

(Epiglottic Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the epiglottis.

(Benign Epiglottis Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)