EPIGLOTTIC

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 34

adj. E2p-i2-glo2t'i2k. Lat., epiglottic us, epiglottideus (from htt, upon, and yAwoxra, the tongue). Fr., epiglottique. Ger., Epiglottis be tref fend. Pertaining to the epiglottis. [C.] [s. 727]