HyperDic: inferior_vocal_fold

English > 1 sense of the expression inferior vocal fold:
NOUNbodyinferior vocal fold, true vocal cord, true vocal fold, inferior vocal cordeither of the two lower vocal folds that come together to form the glottis
English > inferior vocal fold: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningEither 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.
Synonymstrue vocal cord, true vocal fold, inferior vocal cord
Broadervocal cord, vocal fold, vocal band, plica vocalisEither of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx

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