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CORDS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth
Synonyms:
cords; corduroys
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cords" is a kind of...):
pair of trousers; pant; trousers ((usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb cord
Context examples:
Any of the eight intrinsic muscles of the larynx; five for the vocal cords and three connecting to the epiglottis.
(Laryngeal Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)
A fusiform fossa on the lateral sides of the larynx between the inferior and superior vocal cords.
(Laryngeal Ventricle, NCI Thesaurus)
Tissue that develops between the vocal cords.
(Laryngeal Web, NCI Thesaurus)
Cancer that forms in tissues of the larynx (area of the throat that contains the vocal cords and is used for breathing, swallowing, and talking).
(Laryngeal cancer, NCI Dictionary)
It's followed by quick closing of the vocal cords, which produces the "hic" sound you make.
(Hiccups, NIH)
The space in which the vocal cords are located.
(Glottis, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include oral leukoplakia and leukoplakia of the vocal cords.
(Head and Neck Precancerous Condition, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized histologically by clusters and cords of epithelioid, GFAP expressing tumor cells within a stroma with varying amounts of mucin, which typically contains a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate.
(Chordoid Glioma of the Third Ventricle, NCI Thesaurus)
The area of the throat containing the vocal cords and used for breathing, swallowing, and talking.
(Larynx, NCI Dictionary)
A rare soft tissue neoplasm of uncertain lineage characterized by the presence of neoplastic spindle to round cells forming cords in a fibromyxoid stroma.
(Nonossifying Fibromyxoid Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
