true vocal cords

American  

plural noun

Anatomy.

1. the lower pair of vocal cords, the edges of which can be made to tense and relax by the passage of air from the lungs, thus producing vocal sound.

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Example Sentences

It is sometimes seen on the true vocal cords.

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The part of the tube which passes beyond the true vocal cords is bulged to prevent it being coughed out.

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Mr. Lunn feels sure that the true vocal cords are not involved in falsetto, that voice being produced by the false vocal cords.

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The arrangement of the true vocal cords, projecting as they do towards the middle line, reduces to a mere chink the space between the part of the larynx above them and the part below them.

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We may safely assume however that it is produced by the true vocal cords and the lightest register in the male voice.

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