cricoarytaenoides

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From cricoīdēs (ring-shaped, cricoid) +‎ arytaenoīdēs (ladle-shaped, arytenoid). Doublet of cricoarytēnoīdeus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

cricoarytaenoīdēs (neuter cricoarytaenoīdes or cricoarytaenoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the cricoid and the arytenoid cartilages; cricoarytenoid.
    Synonym: cricoarytēnoīdeus

Inflection[edit]

Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative cricoarytaenoīdēs cricoarytaenoīdes1
cricoarytaenoīdēs
cricoarytaenoīdēs cricoarytaenoīdia
Genitive cricoarytaenoīdis cricoarytaenoīdium
Dative cricoarytaenoīdī cricoarytaenoīdibus
Accusative cricoarytaenoīdem cricoarytaenoīdes1
cricoarytaenoīdēs
cricoarytaenoīdēs cricoarytaenoīdia
Ablative cricoarytaenoīdī cricoarytaenoīdibus
Vocative cricoarytaenoīdes1
cricoarytaenoīdēs
cricoarytaenoīdēs cricoarytaenoīdia

1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.