Throat vs Laryngoscopy - What's the difference?
throat | laryngoscopy |
The front part of the neck.
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, title= The gullet or windpipe.
A narrow opening in a vessel.
Station throat.
The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
(nautical) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
(nautical) That end of a gaff which is next the mast.
(nautical) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
(shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.
(botany) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
(obsolete) To utter in the throat; to mutter.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.
As nouns the difference between throat and laryngoscopy
is that throat is the front part of the neck while laryngoscopy is the examination of the throat using a laryngoscope.As a verb throat
is (obsolete) to utter in the throat; to mutter.throat
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Alternative forms
* (all obsolete)Noun
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Synonyms
* (gullet) esophagus (US), gullet, oesophagus (British) * (windpipe) trachea, windpipe * (narrow opening in a vessel) neck, bottleneck (of a bottle)Derived terms
* clear one's throat * cutthroat * deepthroat * Deep Throat * frog in one's throat * have a frog in one's throat * jump down someone's throat * sore throat * station throat * stick in one's throat * throaty * whitethroatVerb
(en verb)- to throat threats
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