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cricothyroideus

US/ˌkɹaɪ.koʊ.θaɪˈɹɔɪ.di.əs/

cricothyroideus is the alternative form of cricothyroid muscle.

Meaning of cricothyroid muscle

Noun

cricothyroid muscle (plural cricothyroid muscles)

  1. A triangular muscle of the larynx that is attached to the cricoid and thyroid cartilages and is the principal tensor of the vocal cords.

Forms of cricothyroideus

pluralcricothyroidei

Origin of cricothyroideus

Borrowed from New Latin cricothyroīdeus, clipping of musculus cricothyroīdeus (“cricothyroid muscle”).

Words that rhyme with cricothyroideus

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Questions about cricothyroideus

What is cricothyroideus the alternative form of?
Cricothyroideus is the alternative form of cricothyroid muscle.
How do you pronounce cricothyroideus?
Cricothyroideus is pronounced /ˌkɹaɪ.koʊ.θaɪˈɹɔɪ.di.əs/ (US).

Words near cricothyroideus in the dictionary

  1. cricopharyngeus
  2. cricothyroid
  3. cricothyroid muscle
  4. cricothyroid muscles
  5. cricothyroidei
  6. cricothyroideus
  7. cricothyroidotomies
  8. cricothyroidotomy
  9. cricothyroids
  10. cricothyrotomies
  11. cricothyrotomy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cricothyroideus (page history and authors); cricothyroid muscle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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