THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to

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• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press, whence

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• THREAT

threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell) , the term applied to the front external part of the neck from below the chin to the collar-bone in human and animal anatomy, and to the internal parts, which include the gullet, viz. the fauces, pharynx and oesophagus, and the wind-pipe, viz. the larynx and trachea (see PHARYNX, ALIMENTARY CANAL, and RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: Anatomy; and for diseases see PHARYNGITIS, LARYNGITIS, DIPHTHERIA, TONSILITIS and OESOPHAGUS) .