- of, in, or near the larynx
- used for treating the larynx
- Phonet. articulated in, or by constriction of, the larynx
a laryngeal sound
laryngeal
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laryngeal
also la·ryn·gal
adjective
- Of, relating to, affecting, or near the larynx.
- Produced in or with the larynx; glottal.
noun
- A laryngeal sound.
- Any of a set of h -like sounds reconstructed for early Proto-Indo-European and partially preserved in Anatolian.
Origin of laryngeal
From New Latin laryngeus from Greek larunx larung- larynxTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(comparative more laryngeal, superlative most laryngeal)
- Of or pertaining to a larynx or larynges.
Noun
(plural laryngeals)
- (phonetics) A laryngeal sound, a sound uttered by using the larynx.
- (Indo-European linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants usually marked as <hâ‚>, <hâ‚‚> and <h₃>.
Usage notes
The term laryngeal in Indo-European studies is but an anachronistic misnomer, retained only because it has been established as a standard term for those three phonemes. The exact phonetic value of Proto-Indo-European laryngeals is unknown, but it's generally agreed that not all of them were real laryngeals.
Origin
From modern Latin laryngeus, from larynx.
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laryngeal - Medical Definition
also laryngal (lə-rĭng′gəl)
adj.
Of, relating to, affecting, or near the larynx.
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