noun
either of the two lower vocal folds that come together to form the glottis; produce a vocal tone when they are approximated and air from the lungs passes between them
• Syn: ↑true vocal fold, ↑inferior vocal cord, ↑inferior vocal fold
• Hypernyms: ↑vocal cord, ↑vocal fold, ↑vocal band, ↑plica vocalis
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noun : either of the lower pair of vocal cords that enclose the lower part of the elastic membrane of the larynx, that extend from the inner surface of the thyroid cartilage near the median line to a process of the corresponding arytenoid cartilage on the same side of the larynx, and that when drawn taut, approximated, and subjected to the flow of breath produce voice
Useful english dictionary. 2012.