[luh–rin-jeez] (Show IPA), larynxes.
1.Anatomy. a muscular and cartilaginous structure lined with mucous membrane at the upper part of the trachea in humans, in which the vocal cordsare located.
2.Zoology.
- a similar vocal organ in other mammals.
- a corresponding structure in certain lower animals.
“Rosa believed that something had gone wrong with her vocal cords, with her windpipe, with the cave of her larynx: Magda was defective, without a voice; perhaps she was deaf; there might be something amiss with her intelligence; Magda was dumb.
The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick (Paragraph 8)
