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la⋅ryn⋅ge⋅al

  [luh-rin-jee-uhl, lar-uhn-jee-uhl]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or located in the larynx.
2. Phonetics. articulated in the larynx.
–noun
3. Phonetics. a laryngeal sound.
4. Historical Linguistics. one of several hypothetical phonemes assumed to have existed in Proto-Indo-European and to have been lost in most later Indo-European languages after having modified some contiguous consonants and vowels.
Also, la⋅ryn⋅gal  [luh-ring-guhl] .

Origin:
1785–95; < NL larynge(us) of, pertaining to the larynx (see laryng-, -eous ) + -al 1

Related forms:
la⋅ryn⋅ge⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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la·ryn·ge·al   (lə-rĭn'jē-əl, -jəl, lār'ən-jē'əl)   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, affecting, or near the larynx.

  2. Produced in or with the larynx; glottal.

n.  

  1. A laryngeal sound.

  2. Any of a set of h-like sounds reconstructed for early Proto-Indo-European and partially preserved in Anatolian.


[From New Latin laryngeus, from Greek larunx, larung-, larynx.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1la·ryn·geal
Pronunciation: l&-'rin-j(E-)&l, "lar-&n-'jE-&l
Function: adjective
: of, relating to,affecting, or used on the larynx —la·ryn·geal·ly /-E/ adverb

Main Entry: 2laryngeal
Function: noun
: an anatomical part (as a nerve or artery) that supplies or is associated with the larynx
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laryngeal la·ryn·ge·al (lə-rĭn'jē-əl, -jəl, lār'ən-jē'əl) or la·ryn·gal (lə-rĭng'gəl)
adj.
Of, relating to, affecting, or near the larynx.

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