laryngismus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin laryngismus, from the Ancient Greek λαρυγγισμός (larungismós, “a croaking”), from λάρυγξ (lárunx), whence also larynx. By surface analysis, laryng- +‎ -ismus.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /læɹɪnˈd͡ʒɪzməs/

Noun

laryngismus (uncountable)

(medicine, dated) laryngospasm.

Related terms

laryngismal

Translations

medicine

Italian: laringismo m

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“laryngismus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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