Usually means: Joint connecting larynx and vocal cords.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (cricoarytenoid)

adjective:  (anatomy) Of or relating to the cricoid and arytenoid cartilages.
adjective:  (anatomy) Of or relating to the cricoarytenoid muscle.
noun:  (anatomy) Ellipsis of cricoarytenoid muscle.. [(anatomy) Either of a pair of muscles which originate from the cricoid and insert on to the arytenoid cartilage, and serve to adduct and abduct the vocal folds.]

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