true vocal cord

noun

Synonym of vocal fold.

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vocal foldtrue vocal foldinferior vocal cordinferior vocal fold

Meanings

nountrue vocal cord (plural true vocal cords)

plural true vocal cords

  1. colloquialanatomySynonym of vocal fold.

    Synonyms: vocal fold

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of vocal fold.

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More synonyms by meaning

nouneither 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

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true vocal foldinferior vocal cordinferior vocal fold
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 真聲帶 /真声带
  • 真聲帶 /真声带 (zhēn shēng dài)vocal fold
Polish fałd głosowy
  • fałd głosowyvocal fold
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Chicago

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