superlaryngealadj.
/ˌsuːpələˈrɪn(d)ʒɪəl/, /ˌsjuːpələˈrɪn(d)ʒɪəl/, U.S. /ˌsupərləˈrɪndʒ(i)əl/; see also laryngeal adj. and n. Phonetics and Anatomy.
= supralaryngeal adj.
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1831 London Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 1 July 60 He has..recognised that the notes..are formed almost exclusively by the labour and the strongest contraction of the superior part of the vocal canal. He names them, in consequence, super laryngeal, and he calls their union the second register.
1910 Mod. Lang. Rev. 5 91 A glide with no definite superlaryngeal articulation.
1921 Med. Record 18 June 1076/1 Laryngeal irritation was related to the superlaryngeal nerve.
1987 C. M. Ballintijn in E. W. Taylor Neurobiol. Cardiorespiratory Syst. i. 16 Comparable but stronger reactions occur in response to superlaryngeal stimulation.
2008 W. Strange & V. L. Shafer in J. G. H. Edwards & L. Zampini Phonol. & Second Lang. Acquisition vi. 154 Speech gestures associated with the realization of phonetic sequences are temporally coordinated movements of laryngeal and superlaryngeal articulators.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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