Santorini's cartilage

noun

The corniculate cartilage of the larynx.

Meanings

nounSantorini's cartilage (uncountable)
  1. uncountableanatomyThe corniculate cartilage of the larynx.

Origin

After Giovanni Domenico Santorini.

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