LARYNGOPHANTOM

n. La2r-i2n2"go-fa2n'tum. From Adpvyf, the larynx, and cur6s. visible. Fr., laryngo-fantome. An apparatus for practicing laryngoscopic manoeuvres. It consists of a portion of a papier-mach6 head placed in the attitude for laryngoscopic examination, having a drawer in the epiglottic region for placing foreign bodies on the vocal cords. An electrical apparatus closes the larynx when a false movement is made in an examination. [" Progr. med.," 1885, p. 536 (a, 34).] [s. 583]