الغَلْصَمَةُ
Root: غلصم
Full Definition
الغَلْصَمَةُ
[The epiglottis: and also, app. by extension of the primary signification, the larynx, or upper part of the windpipe:] the thing that rises up in the uppermost part of the throat, and is said to throw the meat and drink into the œsophagus, or gullet: the piece of flesh [or cartilage] that is between the head and the neck: or the
عُجْرَة [or projecting thing] that is upon the place where the uvula and gullet meet: or [by an extended application] the head of the
حُلْقُوم [or windpipe], with its [ducts called] شَوَارِب [q. v. voce شَارِبٌ] and its
حَرْقَدَة [app. meaning pomum Adami]; i. e. the projecting place [or part] in the
حَلْق [here app. meaning, as it does in many cases, throat]: or the root, or base, of the tongue: or the place where the
حُلْقُوم [or windpipe, i. e. the head thereof,] becomes in conjunction with the
حَلْق [or fauces] when the eater swallows a mouthful and it descends from [over] the
حُلْقُوم: pl. غَلَاصِمُ.
2 Also
2 Also
[أَبِى لُجَيْمٌ وَٱسْمُهُ مِلْءُ الفَمِ فِى غَلْصَمِ الهَامِ وَهَامِ غَلْصَمِ
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