thyroarytenoid

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US/ˌθaɪ.ɹoʊˌæɹ.əˈti.nɔɪd/

adjective

Of or pertaining to both the thyroid and arytenoid cartilages of the larynx.

OriginNew Latin thyreoarytaenoīdēs ← Latin arytaenoīdēs ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρῠταινοειδής (ărŭtainoeidḗs) →
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Meanings

adjectivethyroarytenoid (not comparable)

alternative UK thyroarytaenoid · alternative thyroarytenoideus

  1. not comparableanatomyOf or pertaining to both the thyroid and arytenoid cartilages of the larynx.
nounthyroarytenoid (plural thyroarytenoids)

plural thyroarytenoids · alternative UK thyroarytaenoid · alternative thyroarytenoideus

  1. abbreviationellipsisanatomyEllipsis of thyroarytenoid muscle.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰwer-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*tʰurā
  3. Ancient Greekθῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
  4. Ancient Greekθῠρεός (thŭreós)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  8. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  9. Ancient Greekθῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)
  10. Latinthyreoīdēs
  11. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρῠ́ω (ărŭ́ō)
  12. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρῠτήρ (ărŭtḗr)
  13. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρῠ́ταινᾰ (ărŭ́taină)
  14. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρῠταινοειδής (ărŭtainoeidḗs)
  15. Latinarytaenoīdēs
  16. New Latinthyreoarytaenoīdēs
  17. Englishthyroarytenoid

Borrowed from New Latin thyreoarytaenoīdēs, from thyreoīdēs (“shield-shaped”) + arytaenoīdēs (“ladle-shaped”); equivalent to thyro- + arytenoid. Doublet of thyroarytenoideus.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with thyroarytenoid

arytenoidinterarytenoid
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APA

thyroarytenoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thyroarytenoid

MLA

“thyroarytenoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thyroarytenoid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thyroarytenoid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thyroarytenoid.

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