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vocal cord
noun(vocal cord)
either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane of which each member of each pair stretches from the thyroid cartilage in front to the arytenoid cartilage in back, contains a band of fibrous or elastic tissue, and has a free edge projecting into the cavity of the larynx toward the contralateral member of the same pair forming a cleft which can be opened or closed:
vocal cord
noun(vocal cord)
false vocal cords
vocal cord
noun(vocal cord)
true vocal cords

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