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GLOTTIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: glottides   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("glottis" is a kind of...):

organ of speech; speech organ; vocal organ (any of the organs involved in speech production)

Meronyms (parts of "glottis"):

glottis vera; rima glottidis; rima vocalis; true glottis (the space between the two true vocal folds)

Holonyms ("glottis" is a part of...):

larynx; voice box (a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech)

Derivation:

glottal (of or relating to or produced by the glottis)

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