glottis
noun/ˈɡlɒtɪs/
/ˈɡlɑːtɪs/
(anatomy)- the part of the throat that contains the vocal cords and the narrow space between themWord Originlate 16th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek glōttis, from glōtta, variant of glōssa ‘tongue’.
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