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phonatory

  • a word derived from phonate.
    phonate
    verb (used with or without object)
    to provide (a sound source, and hence the pitch) for a given voiced continuant or vowel, through rapid, periodic glottal action.
  • a word derived from phonation.
    phonation
    noun
    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.

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Furthermore, radical removal of the basal tissues is certain to impair the phonatory function.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson

By asking the patient to take a deep breath and maintain steady breathing, or perhaps by requesting a phonatory effort, the larynx will open widely and the cords be revealed.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson

The tonsils are phonatory or vocal organs and play an important part in the mechanism of speech and song.

From Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration by Louis Dechmann