Adam's apple
Adam
's
apple
https://gyazo.com/223a10c6a810d944ce2bf1f099c48578
source:
By Henry Vandyke Carter - Henry Gray (1918) Anatomy of the Human Body (See "Book" section below)Bartleby.com: Gray's Anatomy, Plate 1195, Public Domain
noun
a
projection
at the front of
the
neck
formed by the
thyroid
cartilage
of the
larynx
, often
prominent
in
men
.: 甲状腺の軟骨によって形成された首の前面の突起部で、しばしば男性に顕著
喉ぼとけ〘エデンの園にある禁断の実をAdamが食べた時に喉につかえたという伝説から; →
neck
〙
ORIGIN
mid
18th century
: so named from the notion that a piece of the
forbidden
fruit
became
lodge
d in
Adam's
throat
.