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Adam's Apple

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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The movable projection, more prominent in males than females, formed in the front part of the throat by the thyroid cartilage of the larynx. The name was given from a legend that a piece of the forbidden fruit lodged in Adam's throat. The "Adam's apple" is one of the particular points of attack in the Japanese system of self-defence known as jiu-jitsu.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Adam's Apple'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/adams-apple.html. 1910.
 
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