TRUE VOCAL CORD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Either of the two lower vocal folds that come together to form the glottis; produce a vocal tone when they are approximated and air from the lungs passes between them

Synonyms:

inferior vocal cord; inferior vocal fold; true vocal cord; true vocal fold

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("true vocal cord" is a kind of...):

plica vocalis; vocal band; vocal cord; vocal fold (either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx)

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