Definition of Cricoids

1. cricoid [n] - See also: cricoid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cricoids

crickets
crickety
crickey
cricking
cricks
cricky
crico-arytænoid
cricoarytenoid
cricoarytenoid articular capsule
cricoarytenoid articulation
cricoarytenoid joint
cricoarytenoideus
cricoesophageal tendon
cricoid
cricoid cartilage
cricoids (current term)
cricoidynia
cricondentherm
cricopharyngeal
cricopharyngeal ligament
cricopharyngeal myotomy
cricopharyngeal part of inferior pharyngeal constrictor
cricopharyngeus muscle
cricosantorinian ligament
cricothyroid
cricothyroid artery
cricothyroid articular capsule
cricothyroid articulation
cricothyroid joint
cricothyroid ligament

Literary usage of Cricoids

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

1. The Richmond and Louisville Medical Journal (1868)
"... extending from the level of the upper border of the thyroid cartilage down to a point opposite the lower border of the cricoids, I cut at once through ..."

2. Diseases of the Nose and Throat by Horace F. Ivins (1893)
"The arytenoids and cricoids suffer more than the thyroid ; it is doubtful if the epiglottis ever undergoes such a change. Pathology. ..."

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