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• Glottis

  [glot-is] /ˈglɒt ɪs/ noun, plural glottises, glottides [glot-i-deez] /ˈglɒt ɪˌdiz/ (Show IPA). Anatomy. 1. the opening at the upper part of the larynx, between the vocal cords. /ˈɡlɒtɪs/ noun (pl) -tises, -tides (-tɪˌdiːz) 1. the vocal apparatus of the larynx, consisting of the two true vocal cords and the opening between them n. 1570s, from […]

• Glottitis

  glottitis glot·ti·tis (glŏ-tī’tĭs) n. Inflammation of the glottic portion of the larynx.

• Glotto-

  1. variant of : glottology. word-forming element meaning “language,” from Attic Greek glotto-, from glotta “tongue, language” (see gloss (n.2)).

• Glottochronology

  [glot-oh-kruh-nol-uh-jee, glot-uh-] /ˌglɒt oʊ krəˈnɒl ə dʒi, ˌglɒt ə-/ noun, Linguistics. 1. the branch of lexicostatistics that studies the rate of replacement of vocabulary and attempts to determine what percentage of basic vocabulary two presently distinct but related languages share, using the information thus obtained to estimate how long ago they ceased being a single […]

• Glottogony

  [glo-tog-uh-nee] /glɒˈtɒg ə ni/ noun, Linguistics. 1. the study of the putative origin of language.

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