THYROID CARTILAGE

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Meaning:

The largest cartilage of the larynx

Synonyms:

Adam's apple; thyroid cartilage

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("thyroid cartilage" is a kind of...):

cartilage; gristle (tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults)

Holonyms ("thyroid cartilage" is a part of...):

larynx; voice box (a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech)

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