cricoid

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Adjective, Noun
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cri=coid

CIDE DICTIONARY

cricoida. [Gr. ring + -oid.].
     Resembling a ring; -- said esp. of the cartilage at the larynx, and the adjoining parts.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cricoid, adj. & n.
--adj. ring-shaped.
--n. (in full cricoid cartilage) Anat. the ring-shaped cartilage of the larynx.

Etymology
mod.L cricoides f. Gk krikoeides f. krikos ring

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