laryngeal

adj

1. (not-comparable, relational)Of or pertaining to the larynx.

   “At sight of it there commenced a series of laryngeal spasms, with clutchings at his throat, far more violent than any I had heretofore seen.”

2. (not-comparable, relational)(of a speech sound) Made by or with constriction of the larynx with only the front part of the vocal cords vibrating, giving a very low frequency and producing what is known as "creaky voice."

noun

1. An anatomical part (such as a nerve or artery) that supplies or is associated with the larynx.
2. A sound uttered by using the larynx.
3. In Proto-Indo-European, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants usually marked as ⟨h₁⟩, ⟨h₂⟩ and ⟨h₃⟩.

   “The vowel-coloring effects of the IH laryngeals cannot be considered apart from the vowel-reducing effect of the IH stress accent[…]”

   “[…]it is not only different from Buck's in the linguistics (laryngeals have seen to that); it is very different in scope and aim.”

   “Finally, it should be noted that laryngeals not adjacent to syllabics were apparently deleted by three different rules.”