glotto-, glot-, -glott +

(Greek: tongue; by extension, "speech, language")


laryngismus stridulus (spasmus glottidis)
A spasmodic closure of the glottis, causing noisy inspiration.
monoglot
1. Someone who is able to speak only one language.
2. A person who knows just one language; monolingual. 3. Something which is composed in only one language.
monoglottic
A reference to someone who is capable of speaking only a single language.
neoglottis, phonatory neoglottis
A hypopharyngeal fistula constructed at the upper end of the trachea after total laryngectomy and serving as a new glottis. 2. A glottis (vocal folds and the opening between them) created by suturing the pharyngeal mucosa over the superior end of the transected trachea (air passage) above the primary tracheostoma (opening into the trachea through the neck) to make a permanent stoma (opening created by a surgeon) in the mucosa (moist lining); done to permit speech after laryngectomy (partial or total removal of the larynx by surgery).
paraglottitis
Inflammation of the muscles and connective tissues under the tongue.
partial laryngectomy (also: horizontal laryngectomy, supraglottic laryngectomy)
An incomplete resection of the larynx in which the supraglottic portion is removed preserving the vocal cords.
periglottic
Near or around the tongue.
periglottis
The mucous membrane of the tongue.
phrenicoglottic
Relating to the diaphragm and the glottis; denoting a spasm involving the diaphragm and the vocal cords.
phrenoglottic
A reference to the diaphragm and the glottis (tongue); denoting a spasm involving the diaphragm and the vocal cords.
polyglot
1. Capable of reading, writing, or speaking many languages.
2. Written or communicated in many languages.
proglottid
One of the segments of a tapeworm, containing both male and female reproductive organs.
proglottidean
A reference to one of the segments or joints of a tapeworm, containing complete reproductive systems, usually both male and female.
proglottides
One of the segments of a tapeworm, containing both male and female reproductive organs.
proglottis
1. A tip, or segment, of a tapeworm that is complete with reproductive organs and sometime capable of independent movement.
2. Etymology: from New Latin proglottis, proglottidis; from Greek proglottis, "tip of the tongue"; from pro, "before" + glottis, "the tongue".

Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.": cit-; clam-; dic-; English Words: Origins and Histories; fa-; -farious; glosso-; lalo-; linguo-; locu-; logo-; loqu-; mythico-; -ology; ora-; -phasia; -phemia; phon-; phras-; Quotes: Language,Part 1; Quotes: Language, Part 2; Quotes: Language, Part 3; serm-; tongue; voc-.


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