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syringomyelia
English
Noun
syringomyelia (countable and uncountable, plural syringomyelias)
- (medicine) A disorder in which a cyst or cavity forms within the spinal cord, possibly leading to stiffness or paralysis.
Related terms
- syringohydromyelia
- syrinx
Translations
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syrinx
English
Etymology
From Latin s?rinx, from Ancient Greek ?????? (sûrinx, “pipe, tube, channel, fistula”). Doublet of syringe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s????ks/
Noun
syrinx (plural syrinxes or syringes)
- A set of panpipes.
- 1982, John Fowles, Mantissa:
- Actually, to cut a long story short, he began...well, playing with a rather different sort of pipe. Or syrinx, as we called it. He obviously thought he was alone.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 247:
- Inside, somebody was playing a duet on syrinx and lyre.
- 1982, John Fowles, Mantissa:
- A narrow channel cut in rock, especially in ancient Egyptian tombs.
- (ornithology, zootomy) The voice organ in birds.
- 1999, Irene M. Pepperberg, The Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots, 2002, page 293,
- The role of the syrinx in psittacine sound production is still under examination, and probably differs from that of songbirds.
- 2007, Gisela Kaplan, Tawny Frogmouth, page 121,
- The primary sound-producing organ in a bird is the syrinx and the secondary system aiding sound production consists of the larynx, mouth, tongue and laryngeal muscles.
- 2010, Peter Simmons, David Young, Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour, 3rd Edition, page 247,
- The organ responsible for producing sounds during song is the syrinx, located where the trachea joins the bronchi of the two lungs (Fig. 9.14).
- 1999, Irene M. Pepperberg, The Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots, 2002, page 293,
- (medicine) A rare, fluid-filled neuroglial cavity within the spinal cord or in the brain stem
Related terms
- syringomyelia
- syringobulbia
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately grom Latin s?rinx, from Ancient Greek ?????? (sûrinx, “pipe, tube, channel, fistula”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si?.r??ks/
- Hyphenation: sy?rinx
Noun
syrinx f (plural syrinxen or syringes)
- (ornithology) syrinx (voice organ in birds)
- (medicine) syrinx (fluid-filled neuroglial cavity)
Finnish
Etymology
From Latin s?rinx, from Ancient Greek ?????? (sûrinx, “pipe, tube, channel, fistula”).
Noun
syrinx
- (rare) Alternative spelling of syrinks
Declension
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ?????? (sûrinx).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?sy?.rinks/, [?s?y????ks?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?si.rinks/, [?si??i?ks]
- Homophone: S?rinx
Noun
s?rinx f (genitive s?ringos); third declension
- reed, reed flute, reed pipe, pan flute, panpipe
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: xeringa, ? siringa
- Italian: siringa
- Portuguese: siringe, siringa, seringa
References
- 1 s?rinx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “1,535/1”
- syrinx in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- syrinx in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- syrinx in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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