noun. A ring-shaped cartilage of the lower larynx that articulates with the thyroid cartilage and artenoid cartilages.

In anatomy, ring-like: as, the cricoid cartilage. See II.

noun. The more or less modified and specialized first tracheal ring or cartilage, coming next to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx. In man it resembles a signet-ring, being expanded posteriorly. It is connected with the thyroid cartilage by the cricothyroid membrane and other structures.

adjective. Resembling a ring; -- said esp. of the cartilage at the larynx, and the adjoining parts.

adjective. Shaped like a ring, usually with reference to the cricoid cartilage.

noun. The cricoid cartilage.

"Also called cricoid pressure, the eponymous maneuver has for decades been described as the pinching of the esophagus between the cricoid - a ring of cartilage that surrounds the trachea"

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