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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The largest cartilage of the larynx, having two broad processes that join anteriorly to form the Adam's apple.
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- noun anatomy The largest cartilage in the
larynx ; theAdam’s apple
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- noun the largest cartilage of the larynx
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