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Definitions: Adam's Apple |
Adam's AppleNoun1. Tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand. 2. The largest cartilage of the larynx. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Adam's Apple The protuberance in the fore-part of a man's throat; so called from the superstition that a piece of the forbidden fruit which Adam ate stuck in his throat, and occasioned the swelling. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The larynx grows in males during puberty, and as a result the Adam's apple is much more prominent in adult men than in women or pre-pubescent girls or boys. (This growth of the larynx is also the reason for the voice breaking in teenage boys).
Unfortunately for some transsexual women, the Adam's apple can still be prominent. In order to remedy this, a plastic surgery known as a trachea shave is sometimes performed to reduce the size of the Adam's apple.
The etymology of the term is unclear: Webster's 1913 dictionary states that the term "... is so called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first parent".
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Adam's apple."
Synonyms: Adam's AppleSynonyms: coffee rose (n), crape jasmine (n), crepe gardenia (n), crepe jasmine (n), pinwheel flower (n), thyroid cartilage (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Adam's Apple |
| English words defined with "Adam's apple": Throatboll. (references) |
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Screenplays | If that's his adam's apple, he's got yellow fever. (A Day at the Races; writing credit: Robert Pirosh; George Seaton) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Adam's Apple (1928) | |
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| Language | Translations for "Adam's apple"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | komhalertjie, adamsappel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | arrëz e fytit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تفاحة آدم, عقدة الحنجرة, الحرقدة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | гръклян (throat, throttle, weasand), адамова ябълка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | adamovo jablko (apple of adam), ohryzek (core). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | adamsaeble (laryngeal prominence), adamsæble. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | adamsappel (laryngeal prominence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | gorĝnodo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pomme d'Adam (Adams'apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Adamsapfel (laryngeal prominence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καρύδι του λαιμού. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פיקת "'רון (largyngeal), 'ר'רת (larynx, throat, trachea, windpipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ádámcsutka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pomo d'Adamo (Adams'apple, laryngeal prominence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 喉仏 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | のどぼとけ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ooyl ny scoarnee, cront ny scoarnee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adam'say appleay pomo de adão. (various references) кадык. (various references) adamova jabučica. (various references) garahuro. (various references) nuez de adán, nuez (cobnut, laryngeal prominence, nut, nuts, walnut), bocado de Adán (Adams'apple, laryngeal prominence). (various references) adamsäpple. (various references) adem elması, gırtlak çıkıntısı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-a-a-a-d-e-l-m-p-p-s" | |
-3 letters: alamedas, salaamed. | |
-4 letters: alameda, appeals, dapples, lampads, psalmed, sampled, slapped. | |
-5 letters: appals, appeal, appels, apples, damsel, dapple, lameds, lampad, lampas, lamped, lapped, lapsed, maples, mapped, medals, padles, palmed, pampas, pedals, plasma, pleads, salaam, salpae, sample, sapped. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 64 61 6D 27 73 41 70 70 6C 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100100 01100001 01101101 00100111 01110011 00100000 01000001 01110000 01110000 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A d a m ' s   A p p l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0064 0061 006D 0027 0073 0041 0070 0070 006C 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3570677998523582827871 |
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