laryngeal
Collocations
4ADJ.
vocal
VERB + LARYNGEAL
suffering
LARYNGEAL + NOUN
cancer, clutchings, spasms
PREP.
from, with
Definitions
adj
Of or pertaining to the larynx.
At sight of it there commenced a series of laryngeal spasms, with clutchings at his throat, far more violent than any I had heretofore seen.
(of a speech sound) Made by or with constriction of the larynx with only the front part of the vocal cords vibrating, giving a very low frequency and producing what is known as "creaky voice."
noun
An anatomical part (such as a nerve or artery) that supplies or is associated with the larynx.
A sound uttered by using the larynx.
In Proto-Indo-European, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants usually marked as ⟨h₁⟩, ⟨h₂⟩ and ⟨h₃⟩.
The vowel-coloring effects of the IH laryngeals cannot be considered apart from the vowel-reducing effect of the IH stress accent[…]
[…]it is not only different from Buck's in the linguistics (laryngeals have seen to that); it is very different in scope and aim.
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5At sight of it there commenced a series of laryngeal spasms, with clutchings at his throat, far more violent than any I had heretofore seen.
WiktionaryThe vowel-coloring effects of the IH laryngeals cannot be considered apart from the vowel-reducing effect of the IH stress accent[…]
Wiktionary[…]it is not only different from Buck's in the linguistics (laryngeals have seen to that); it is very different in scope and aim.
WiktionaryFinally, it should be noted that laryngeals not adjacent to syllabics were apparently deleted by three different rules.
WiktionaryAfter Tom came to learn that he was suffering from laryngeal cancer, his vocal cords were removed, and he now breathes through a hole in his throat.
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