vocal cord

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Noun

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vocal cord - either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx plica vocalis, vocal band, vocal fold plica, fold - a folded part (as in skin or muscle) 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 false vocal cord, false vocal fold, superior vocal cord, ventricular fold, vestibular fold - either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization inferior vocal cord, inferior vocal fold, true vocal cord, true vocal fold - 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