n. (MIcrobiol.) Any member of the genus Corynebacterium, consisting of gram-positive usually nonmotile irregularly rod-shaped bacteria, some of which are pathogenic or parasitic in humans and domestic animals, such as Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which causes diphtheria. [ PJC ]

n. any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia.
Syn. -- water trumpet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of large robust epiphytic ferns of tropical forest and scrub; Africa and Asia and Australia.
Syn. -- genus Drynaria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state of being dry. See Dry. [ 1913 Webster ]

, v. t. To feed, attend, and bring up without breastfeeding it. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Am entrance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So great an entryng and so large. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. epi- + pharyngeal. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes. -- n. An epipharyngeal bone or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Epi- + pharynx. ] (Zoöl.) A structure which overlaps the mouth of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'hry`ggion, dim. of 'h`ryggos eryngo; cf. L. eryngion, erynge. ] (Bot.) A large genus of umbelliferous plants somewhat like thistles in appearance, cosmopolitan in distribution. Eryngium maritimum, or sea holly, has been highly esteemed as an aphrodisiac, the roots being formerly candied.
Syn. -- genus Eryngium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Eryngium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. glw^ssa the tongue + E. pharyngeal. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue. -- n. One of the glossopharyngeal nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Hypo-, and Pharynx. ] (Zool.) An appendage or fold on the lower side of the pharynx, in certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Larynx. ] Of or pertaining to the larynx; adapted to operations on the larynx; as, laryngeal forceps. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Laryngeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Larynx + Gr. &unr_; to cut out. ] (Surg.) Excision of the larynx. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. laryggismo`s a croaking. See Larynx. ] (Med.) A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Larynx, and -tis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the larynx. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ larynx + -graph. ] An instrument for recording the larynx movements in speech. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining to laryngology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who applies himself to laryngology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Larynx + -logy. ] Systematized knowledge of the action and functions of the larynx; in pathology, the department which treats of the diseases of the larynx. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Larynx + Gr. (&unr_;) voice. ] The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope when the latter is placed upon the larynx. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Larynx + -scope. ] 1. (Surg.) An instrument, consisting of an arrangement of two mirrors, for reflecting light upon the larynx, and for examining its image. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A type of endoscope having a light source and lenses, permitting theviewing of a magnified image of the larynx. It may be flexible or rigid. [ PJC ]

a. Of or pertaining to the inspection of the larynx; of or pertaining to the laryngoscope or laryngoscopy. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. One skilled in laryngoscopy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of using the laryngoscope; investigations made with the laryngoscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Surg.) An instrument for performing laryngotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. (&unr_;); (&unr_;), (&unr_;), the larynx + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. laryngotomie. ] (Surg.) The operation of cutting into the larynx, from the outside of the neck, for assisting respiration when obstructed, or for removing foreign bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Larynx + tracheal. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to both larynx and trachea; as, the laryngotracheal cartilage in the frog. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Larynx + tracheotomy. ] (Surg.) The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. from Gr. la`rygx, la`ryggos. ] (Anat.) The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the framework of the human larynx, the thyroid cartilage, attached to the hyoid bone, makes the protuberance on the front of the neck known as Adam's apple, and is articulated below to the ringlike cricoid cartilage. This is narrow in front and high behind, where, within the thyroid, it is surmounted by the two arytenoid cartilages, from which the vocal cords pass forward to be attached together to the front of the thyroid. See Syrinx. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Mill + rynd. ] (Her.) A figure supposed to represent the iron which holds a millstone by being set into its center. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Naso- + pharyngeal. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both throat and nose; as, a nasopharyngeal polypus. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Zool.) A genus of fishes including the sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; and coho salmon.
Syn. -- genus Onchorynchus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Pharyngeal. H. Sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Pharynx. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pharynx; in the region of the pharynx. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) A pharyngeal bone or cartilage; especially, one of the lower pharyngeals, which belong to the rudimentary fifth branchial arch in many fishes, or one of the upper pharyngeals, or pharyngobranchials, which are the dorsal elements in the complete branchial arches. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Pharynx, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the pharynx. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pharynx + branchial. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pharynx and the branchiæ; -- applied especially to the dorsal elements in the branchial arches of fishes. See Pharyngeal. -- n. A pharyngobranchial, or upper pharyngeal, bone or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pharynx, and Branchia. ] (Zool.) Same as Leptocardia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pharynx, and Gnathic. ] (Zool.) A division of fishes in which the lower pharyngeal bones are united. It includes the scaroid, labroid, and embioticoid fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pharynx + laryngeal. ] Of or pertaining both to pharynx and the larynx. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. fa`rygx the pharynx + pnei^n to breathe. ] (Zool.) A group of invertebrates including the Tunicata and Enteropneusta. -- Pha*ryn`gop*neus"tal a. [1913 Webster]

n. (Surg.) An instrument for incising or scarifying the tonsils, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pharynx + Gr. te`mnein to cut: cf. F. pharyngotomie. ] (Surg.) (a) The operation of making an incision into the pharynx, to remove a tumor or anything that obstructs the passage. (b) Scarification or incision of the tonsils. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. pharynges [ NL., fr. Gr. fa`rygx, fa`ryggos: cf. F. pharynx. ] (Anat.) The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a person suffering from torticollis. [ PJC ]

3. (Zool.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx or subfamily Jynginae, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (Jynx torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck{ 1 }. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being wry, or distorted. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]