Definition of "epiglottic" []

• Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis. (adjective)

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• "The cricoid cartilage was imperfect in form; the hyo-epiglottic muscles very strong."
• "Of these branches some are distributed to the epiglottis, the base of the tongue, and the epiglottic glands; others pass backward, in the aryepiglottic fold, to supply the mucous membrane surrounding the entrance of the larynx, and that lining the cavity of the larynx as low down as the vocal folds."
• "Care must be taken to avoid mistaking the ary-epiglottic fold for the epiglottis itself."