Definition of "cricothyroid" [cri•co•thy•roid]

• Of or pertaining both to the cricoid and the thyroid cartilages. (adjective)

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• "What he was looking at was the instrument used in ER to do a cricothyroid punch, a type of emergency tracheotomy, except it's designed to provide a temporary measure, and is inserted through the membrane just above the trachea with a single stab, a much easier procedure for unskilled hands than the regular technique."
• "A solitary attacker could have knocked him out first, stuck in the cricothyroid punch to render his voice box useless, then tied him up before he came to."
• "They may be divided into (a) a superficial set, placed on the anterior jugular vein; (b) a deeper set, which is further subdivided into prelaryngeal, on the middle cricothyroid ligament, and pretracheal, on the front of the trachea."