laryngismus

laryngismus
A spasmodic narrowing or closure of the rima glottidis. [L. fr. G. larynx, + -ismos, -ism]
- l. stridulus a spasmodic closure of the glottis, causing noisy inspiration. Cf.:laryngitis stridulosa. SYN: pseudocroup, spasmus glottidis.

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n.
closure of the vocal folds by sudden contraction of the laryngeal muscles, followed by a noisy indrawing of breath. It occurs in young children and was in the past associated with low-calcium rickets. Now it occurs when the larynx has been irritated following administration of anaesthetic, when a foreign body has lodged in the larynx, or in croup.

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lar·yn·gis·mus (lar″in-jizґməs) [L., from Gr. laryngismos a whooping] laryngospasm.

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