noun
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a thin plate of flexible cartilage in front of the glottis that folds back over and protects the glottis during swallowing; the epiglottis.
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a condition of the epiglottis being inflamed.
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ಕಿರುನಾಲಗೆ ಬೀಳು kirunālage bīḷu (the epiglottis) to become inflamed and painful.