supraglottic

English

Etymology

supra- +‎ glottic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

Adjective

supraglottic (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Situated above the glottis; applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx above the true vocal cords.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “supraglottic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)