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Meanings of epiglottis in English

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Usage of epiglottis in English
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This maneuver lifts the epiglottis and brings the vocal cords into view.
The new yorker
2
You'd probably ruin your epiglottis if you tried for their true names.
The Long War
3
Once in it begins to do light housekeeping on the aforementioned stranger's epiglottis.
The Silly Syclopedia / A Terrible Thing in the Form of a Literar...
4
Thumb and forefinger bored under the jaw and Mr. Dodd's epiglottis ceased vibrating.
The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot
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But there's lots of factors, it's not just the trapped epiglottis.
The Guardian
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We found a total airway obstruction due to an epiglottis abscess.
Pubmed
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The epiglottis is the valve which closes over the upper opening of the larynx.
Resonance in Singing and Speaking
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Enos of Brooklyn in 1854 reported absence of the epiglottis without interference with deglutition.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
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The entrance to it is covered by the epiglottis, over which the food slides.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2
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He prepared his epiglottis and sinuses for the supreme test.
The dark side of the sun
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Care must be taken to avoid mistaking the ary-epiglottic fold for the epiglottis itself.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy / A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy a...
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The correct phrase was always waiting expectantly on his epiglottis.
The Irish Times
13
A literature review regarding chondrosarcomas of the epiglottis is presented.
Pubmed
14
The windblast pried open his epiglottis and inflated his stomach like a pool toy.
Packing for mars: the curious science of life in the void
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Inflation of the cuffed oropharyngeal airway cuff does not cause elevation of the epiglottis.
Pubmed
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Stuck there, it forced his epiglottis partially shut, so that he had difficulty breathing.
Frankenstein: Lost Souls - A Novel
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