laryngophone

noun

la·​ryn·​go·​phone

: a communication-system transmitter in which the vibration-receiving diaphragm is strapped to the throat over the larynx from which it receives speech vibrations directly

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary laryng- + -phone

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