The sound made by vibration of the vocal folds caused by air passing out through the larynx and upper respiratory tract, the vocal folds being approximated. SYN: vox. [L. vox]
- amphoric v. a v. sound having a hollow, blowing character, heard over a pulmonary cavity when the patient speaks or whispers. SYN: amphorophony.
- bronchial v. SYN: bronchophony.
- eunuchoid v. high-pitched v. in the adult male resembling the v. of a young boy; usually functional in origin.
- myxedema v. the forced, rough, raucous v. of subjects of myxedema, probably due to myxedematous thickening of the vocal folds.
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voice 'vȯis n
1) sound produced by vertebrates by means of lungs, larynx, or syrinx esp sound so produced by human beings
2) the faculty of utterance: SPEECH
voice vt, voiced; voic·ing
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(vois) [L. vox voice] a sound produced by the larynx and modified by the vocal cords and other structures in the pharynx and oral cavity.Medical dictionary. 2011.