Relating to or affecting the epiglottis, the tissue flap that protects your airway when swallowing.
From epiglottis + -ic suffix. Medical adjective form widely used in modern anatomy and clinical practice.
Epiglottic and epiglottal mean basically the same thing—medical terminology has lots of synonymous adjectives because doctors borrowed from different language traditions over centuries!
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