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adjective
1.
pertaining to either of two small cartilages on top of the cricoid cartilage at the upper, back part of the larynx.
2.
pertaining to the muscles connected with these cartilages.
3.
pertaining to the glands in the aryepiglottic fold of the larynx.
noun
4.
an arytenoid cartilage, muscle, or gland.
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Interarytenoid
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
Origin:
1685–95; < Greek arytainoeidḗs literally, ladle-shaped, equivalent to arýtain(a) ladle, pitcher, funnel + -oeidēs -oid
1685–95; < Greek arytainoeidḗs literally, ladle-shaped, equivalent to arýtain(a) ladle, pitcher, funnel + -oeidēs -oid
Related forms
in·ter·ar·y·te·noid, adjective
post·ar·y·te·noid, adjective
sub·ar·y·te·noid, adjective
sub·ar·y·te·noi·dal, adjective
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