laryngismus
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Related to laryngismus: laryngismus stridulus
laryngismus
[lar″in-jiz´mus]spasm of the larynx. adj., adj laryngis´mal.
laryngismus stri´dulus sudden laryngeal spasm with crowing inhalations, usually seen in children at night; called also pseudocroup.
lar·yn·gis·mus
(lar'in-jiz'mŭs),A spasmodic narrowing or closure of the rima glottidis.
[L. fr. G. larynx, + -ismos, -ism]
la·ryn·gis·mus
(lar'in-jiz'mŭs)A spasmodic narrowing or closure of the rima glottidis.
[L. fr. G. larynx, + -ismos, -ism]