glottis
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- noun
- /ˈɡlɑːtɪs/
- Specialized
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glotis
- The glottis is essential for producing sound when we speak.
- the posterior glottis
It's a lateral, but for HA, you're constricting the air down in your throat at the vocal folds or glottis and you can't get your tongue down your throat to create that centre blockage.
- It's a lateral, but for HA, you're constricting the air down in your throat at the vocal folds or glottis and you can't get your tongue down your throat to create that centre blockage.
- And then you are sort of pushing with your glottis to make the vealer closure open.
- So you keep a little Burr in your throat and you make sure your glottis isn't open.
Examples
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Malignancies of the glottis were the most common cancers, followed by supraglottic lesions.
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Airway compromise should not be a concern because the posterior respiratory glottis remains patent.
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And then you are sort of pushing with your glottis to make the vealer closure open.
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So I'm here saying this might be in the glottis, this could be the vocal folds.
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So you keep a little Burr in your throat and you make sure your glottis isn't open.
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Then the lungs contract by elastic recovery, and the glottis and nostril open to allow the air out.
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After inserting the tube, the surgeon should ensure that it is placed so that the electrodes are in contact with the glottis.
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Topical lidocaine is administered to the glottis through a nylon catheter.
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The swelling obscured the entire glottis and partially rotated the larynx to the left (figure A).
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During buccal pumping, an animal opens its nostril and lowers the floor of its mouth while elevating the palate and keeping the glottis closed; this creates a vacuum in the oral cavity, into which air is drawn.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
The gap between the two vocal cords in the throat that air passes through
The space between the two vocal cords in the voice box that air passes through when you speak or breathe
The space between the two vocal cords in the voice box
The small space between the two vocal cords inside the voice box
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Glottis comes from the Greek word glōtta, which means 'tongue' and shows up in English words like polyglot ('many tongues') and glossary ('a list of words'). The glottis is the opening in the throat near the tongue that opens and closes to make sounds, so the 'tongue' root helps explain why the word refers to the part that makes speech.