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INFERIOR VOCAL FOLD
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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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Hypernyms ("inferior vocal fold" 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)