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- noun Plural form of
epiglottis .
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Examples
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Choir forming on the outside, old Brownly having a tempermental fit as usual and Dud and I stationed over by the wall ready to split our epiglottises; on our marks, set all ready to go when Dud tosses up his cap, just as he used to when he was a little shaver and Bing!
Little Miss By-The-Day Lucille Van Slyke
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The story, for example, of Osborne contracting epiglottises (a major throat infection) at the center of the book and his subsequent ten-day stay in a Thai hospital takes places two years after his initial visit for dental work.
PopMatters Carmelo Militano 2010
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