laryngo-comb. form

1888 M. Mackenzie Illness Frederick the Noble i. 11 I had never seen him mentioned in laryngological literature.

1871 M. Mackenzie Growths in Larynx iii. 18 From the varying..character of the voice..the presence of a growth may be occasionally inferred by the experienced laryngologist.

1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Laryngology, a treatise on the larynx.

1887 (title) Journal of Laryngology and Rhinology.

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Feb. 6/2 Laryngology being his almost invariable subject.

1899 Nature 18 May 72/1 Method for rapidly measuring the dimensions of small objects... Application to pupillometry and to laryngometry.

1872 J. S. Cohen Dis. Throat 10 The laryngo-pharyngeal sinuses.

1893 A. W. MacCoy in C. H. Burnett Syst. Dis. Ear, Nose, & Throat II. 195 The laryngo-pharynx..is chiefly interesting because of its relationship to the epiglottis and the superior margin of the larynx, which is situated in front of it.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 754 When the laryngo-pharynx and œsophagus are the primary seat [of cancer], the cervical glands are not so rapidly implicated.

1960 E. Gardner et al. Anat. lxxxii. 938/2 The inlet or auditus of the larynx..leads from the laryngopharynx into the cavity of the larynx.

1927 Observer 6 Nov. 19/3 We have a special instrument, the laryngophone, by means of which we can speak to each other in flight.

1941 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 45 402 The picking up of the throat vibrations is done with a laryngophone.

1862 H. W. Fuller On Dis. Chest 105 In laryngophony..the voice seems not only to be produced but to be concentrated immediately beneath the stethoscope.

1880 M. Mackenzie Man. Dis. Throat & Nose I. 289 Excessive secretion from the larynx (laryngorrhoea).

1956 H. C. Hinshaw & L. H. Garland Dis. Chest xi. 183 Among the most serious and difficult ailments affecting small children are a group of diseases variously called acute laryngotracheobronchitis, bronchiolitis, fibrinous bronchitis or ‘croup’. These are characterized by violent cough, often associated with laryngospasm and bronchospasm and appear to be of infectious origin.

1878 Cassell's Family Mag. 574/2 Laryngostroboscopy..a method of examining the vibrations of the vocal chords during the production of sounds.

1880 M. Mackenzie Man. Dis. Throat & Nose I. 559 Contraction of the laryngo-tracheal canal.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 764 The front part of the neck corresponding to the larynx and upper part of the trachea, the laryngo-tracheal region.

1932 Dorland & Miller Med. Dict. (ed. 16) 685/2 Laryngotracheobronchitis.

1972 Daily Tel. 2 Feb. 13/5 Two American pathologists have been claiming that laryngotracheobronchitis is frequently responsible for cot deaths, since they have found signs of inflammation in the larynxes, windpipes and bronchial tubes of babies who died.

1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 587 Laryngotracheotomy was therefore performed.

1888 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Laryngotracheotomy, the operation of opening the larynx by division of the crico-thyroid membrane, the cricoid cartilage, the crico-tracheal membrane, and some of the upper rings of the trachea also.

1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 812 In very rare cases [typhoid fever commences with] laryngeal symptoms (laryngo-typhoid).

1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 818 Ulcerations, which according to some observers are due to the typhoid bacillus, and may thus be looked upon as a typical form of typhoid, ‘laryngo-typhoid’.

1888 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Laryngotyphus, a form of typhus fever in which there is secondary ulceration of the larynx and necrosis of its cartilages.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 364 Its occurrence [sc. laryngitis in typhus] led Rokitansky to give to this variety the name of Laryngo-typhus.