how to pronounce epiglottis

/ˌɛp.ɪˈɡlɒt.ɪs/

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epiglottis is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of epiglottis in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… throat on the epiglottis and at the …”

meanings of epiglottis

noun:

A cartilaginous organ in the throat of terrestrial vertebrates covering the glottis when swallowing to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea, and in Homo sapiens also a speech organ.

epiglottis frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word epiglottis occurs in english on average 0 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics epiglottis can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that epiglottis can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;