different between larynx vs laryngopharynx

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin larynx, from Ancient Greek ??????? (lárunx, “larynx; windpipe; gullet, throat”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?la.???ks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l??.??ks/, /?læ?.??ks/
• Rhymes: -æ???ks, -?????ks

Noun

larynx (plural larynges or larynxes)

1. (anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production.

   Synonym: (informal) voice box

   Meronyms: epilarynx, hypolarynx, orolarynx

   Hyponyms: electrolarynx, mechanical larynx

Derived terms

Related terms

• laryngeal

Translations

See also

• pharynx
• syrinx

References

• “larynx”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “larynx”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Further reading

• larynx on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Czech

Noun

larynx m

1. larynx

   Synonym: hrtan

Further reading

• larynx in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• larynx in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (lárunx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.???ks/

Noun

larynx m (plural larynx)

1. larynx

Further reading

• “larynx” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (lárunx, “larynx, upper part of the windpipe”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?la.rynks/, [???ä???ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?la.rinks/, [?l???i?ks]

Noun

larynx f (genitive laryngis); third declension (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) larynx

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• laryngeus

Descendants

• ? English: larynx
• ? French: larynx

English

Etymology

From laryngo- +? pharynx.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æ???ks

Noun

laryngopharynx (plural laryngopharynges)

1. (anatomy) The part of the pharynx below and behind the larynx

Synonyms

• hypopharynx

Translations