Associations to the word «Larynx»

Wiktionary

LARYNX, noun. An organ of the neck of mammals involved in breath control, protection of the trachea and sound production, housing the vocal cords, and that is situated at the point where the upper tract splits into the trachea and the oesophagus/esophagus.

Dictionary definition

LARYNX, noun. A cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin