Definition of Laryngal

1. a speech sound articulated in the larynx [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laryngal

larval plague
larvalia
larvas
larvate
larvated
larvicidal
larvicide
larvicides
larviform
larvikite
larvikites
larviparous
larviphagic
larvivorous
larvæ
laryngal (current term)
laryngals
laryngeal
laryngeal aperture
laryngeal artery
laryngeal bursa
laryngeal cancer
laryngeal cartilages
laryngeal chorea
laryngeal crisis
laryngeal diphtheria
laryngeal diseases
laryngeal epilepsy
laryngeal glands

Literary usage of Laryngal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Philologica: Journal of Comparative Philology by Philological Society (Great Britain), Josef Baudiš, Leonard Cyril Wharton (1922)
"The laryngal ' was completely foreign to the Greeks as well as to the Assyrians, who had long since lost the sound. The consonants of their languages were ..."

2. The Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1831)
"The paralysis of the laryngal muscles could not, therefore, ... The fact is further proved by cases of actual paralysis of the laryngal muscles occurring in ..."

3. An Endeavor Towards a Universal Alphabet by Amasa D. Sproat (1857)
"TONE, OR laryngal SOUND., Sounds are vibrations of the air. ... 15, laryngal sound is modified by the expansion and contraction of the vocal chords, ..."

4. The Laryngoscope by American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (1901)
"103. Primary Sarcoma of Right Nasal Fossa, with Acute Frontal Sinusitis and Orbital Cellulitis. GOLDSMITH. Giorn. Ital., di laryngal. e Rinol. (Naples). ..."

5. The Journal of Mental Science by Royal Medico-psychological Association (1871)
"The reflex irritation may be associated with tetanic and eclamptic attacks, trismus, and opisthotonus spreading out from the laryngal and respiratory ..."

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