Usually means: Voice box for sound production.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. larynx: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. larynx: Merriam-Webster
  3. larynx: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. larynx: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. larynx: Collins English Dictionary
  6. larynx: Vocabulary.com
  7. Larynx, larynx: Wordnik
  8. larynx: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Larynx, Larynx, Larynx: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. larynx: Wiktionary
  11. larynx: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. larynx: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. larynx: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. larynx: Dictionary.com
  15. larynx: Online Etymology Dictionary
  16. larynx: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  17. Larynx (unmanned aircraft), Larynx: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  18. Larynx: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  19. larynx: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  20. larynx: Rhymezone
  21. Larynx: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  22. larynx: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  23. larynx: FreeDictionary.org
  24. larynx: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. larynx: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Larynx: Lexicon of Linguistics

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. larynx: Encyclopedia

Medicine (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. larynx: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Larynx: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Larynx (voice box): Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Larynx: Anatomy of the Human Body
  8. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  9. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  10. Larynx: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  11. Allergy Glossary (No longer online)
  12. Larynx: Scleroderma
  13. KidsHealth Glossary of Medical Words (No longer online)
  14. larynx: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  15. larynx: Medical dictionary
  16. Larynx: Drug Medical Dictionary
  17. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  2. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See larynges as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, as it houses the vocal cords, sound production.

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