phonation

[foh-ney-shuh n]

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noun Phonetics.

rapid, periodic opening and closing of the glottis through separation and apposition of the vocal cords that, accompanied by breath under lung pressure, constitutes a source of vocal sound.
(not in technical use) voice; vocalization.Compare voice(defs 15, 16).

Origin of phonation

First recorded in 1835–45; phon- + -ation

Related formspho·na·to·ry

[foh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ˈfoʊ nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective

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Related Words for phonation

voicing, articulation, elocution, vocalization, pronunciation, utterance, fluency, phraseology, phonation

Examples from the Web for phonation

Historical Examples of phonation

He has also a tic of phonation dating back to his fifteenth year.
Tics and Their Treatment
Henry Meigne
Tics of phonation are often superadded to the gesticulations of variable chorea.
Tics and Their Treatment
Henry Meigne
Phonation and respiration are implicated as well as articulation.
Tics and Their Treatment
Henry Meigne
But the vocal cords are wedded in phonation, and by their attrition the node is formed.
The Voice
Frank E. Miller
The whole larynx, so far as phonation is concerned, may be said to exist for the true vocal bands.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking
Wesley Mills

phonation in Medicine

phonation

[fō-nā′shən]

n.

The utterance of sounds through the use of the vocal cords; vocalization.

Related formspho′na•to′ry (fō′nə-tôr′ē) adj.

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