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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 891 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to See also:press, whence See also:threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell) , the See also:term applied to the front See also:external See also:part of the See also:neck from below the See also:chin to the See also:collar-See also:bone in human and See also:animal See also:anatomy, and to the See also:internal parts, which include the gullet, viz. the See also:fauces, pharynx and See also:oesophagus, and the See also:wind-See also:pipe, viz. the larynx and trachea (see PHARYNX, ALIMENTARY See also:CANAL, and See also:RESPIRATORY See also:SYSTEM: Anatomy; and for diseases see See also:PHARYNGITIS, See also:LARYNGITIS, See also:DIPHTHERIA, TONSILITIS and OESOPHAGUS) .

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