Definition of Cricoid

1. a. Resembling a ring; -- said esp. of the cartilage at the larynx, and the adjoining parts.

Definition of Cricoid

1. a cartilage of the larynx [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cricoid

1. Ring-shaped;denoting the cricoid cartilage. Origin: L. Cricoideus, fr. G. Krikos, a ring, + eidos, form (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cricoid

cricket bat
cricket equipment
cricket frog
cricket match
crickey
cricking
cricks
cricky
cricoarytenoid
cricoarytenoideus
cricoarytenoid articular capsule
cricoarytenoid articulation
cricoarytenoid joint
cricoesophageal tendon
cricoid (current term)
cricoid (current term)
cricoids
cricoidynia
cricoid cartilage
cricopharyngeal
cricopharyngeal ligament
cricopharyngeal myotomy
cricopharyngeal part of inferior pharyngeal constrictor
cricopharyngeus muscle
cricosantorinian ligament
cricothyroid
cricothyroideus
cricothyroidotomy
cricothyroid artery
cricothyroid articular capsule

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