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cri⋅coid

  [krahy-koid] Anatomy
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–adjective
1. pertaining to a ring-shaped cartilage at the lower part of the larynx.
–noun
2. the cricoid cartilage.

Origin:
1700–10; < NL cricoīdes < Gk krikoeids ring-shaped. See circle, -oid
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cri·coid   (krī'koid')   
n.  A ring-shaped cartilage of the lower larynx that articulates with the thyroid cartilage and artenoid cartilages.

[New Latin cricoīdēs, from Greek krikoeidēs, ring-shaped : krikos, ring; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots + -oeidēs, -oid.]
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cricoid cri·coid (krī'koid')
adj.
Ring-shaped.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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