laryngomalacia
laryngomalacia (lă-ring-oh-mă-lay-shiă) n. a condition characterized by paroxysmal attacks of breathing difficulty and stridor. It occurs in small children and is caused by flaccidity of the structure of the larynx. It usually resolves spontaneously by the age of two years.
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