Jabłko Adama vel grdyka – konteksty leksykograficzne, kulturowe, medyczne
Adam’s apple vel throat – lexicographic, cultural and medical contexts

Summary/Abstract: Assuming the perspective of a multi-aspect overview, in this paper a linguistic-culturalterminologicalanalysis of thyroid cartilage (Latin cartilago thyroidea) has been made, withspecial consideration given to its fragment known as laryngeal prominence, throat, appleof man or, most commonly, Adam’s apple.In the linguistic-anthropological part of the study, lexicographic and cultural contextsare considered, in which the word combination from the title is fixed. In turn, the medicaldescription of Adam’s apple includes anatomical and physiological aspects, as well as relevantterminology.

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