Taber's Medical Dictionary
Adam's apple
(ad′ămz )
A prominence in the midline of the throat, formed by the junction of two lateral wings of the thyroid cartilage.
SYN: SEE: laryngeal prominence; SEE: pomum adami; SEE: prominentia laryngea
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Adam's Apple." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745459/all/Adam's_apple.
Adam's apple. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745459/all/Adam's_apple. Accessed April 5, 2026.
Adam's apple. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745459/all/Adam's_apple
Adam's Apple [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 05]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745459/all/Adam's_apple.
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