"vocal cord" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vocal cords [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} vocal cord (plural vocal cords)
  1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) Either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane stretched horizontally across the human larynx whose vibrations help to produce the voice. Wikipedia link: vocal cord Tags: plural-normally Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: vocal band, vocal fold, plica vocalis Derived forms: false vocal cord, true vocal cord Related terms: glottis, vocal fold, vocal ligament Translations (folds of mucous membrane): 聲帶 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 声带 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 聲帶 (Chinese Cantonese), 声带 (seng¹ daai³) (Chinese Cantonese), 聲帶 (Chinese Mandarin), 声带 (shēngdài) (Chinese Mandarin), hlasivka [feminine] (Czech), stemmebånd [neuter] (Danish), stemband [masculine] (Dutch), voĉkordo (Esperanto), äänihuuli (Finnish), corde vocale [feminine] (French), Stimmband [neuter] (German), nipiliuut (Greenlandic), hangszál (Hungarian), corda vocale [feminine] (Italian), 声帯 (seitai) (alt: せいたい) (Japanese), 성대 (seongdae) (alt: 聲帶) (Korean), balss saite [feminine] (Latvian), dengejê [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), stämmebånd [neuter] (Norwegian), stämmeband [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), røsteband [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), røstband [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), struna głosowa [feminine] (Polish), więzadło głosowe [neuter] (Polish), corda vocal [feminine] (Portuguese), coardă vocală [feminine] (Romanian), голосова́я свя́зка (golosovája svjázka) [feminine] (Russian), cuerda vocal [feminine] (Spanish), nyuzisauti (Swahili), stämband [neuter] (Swedish), stämläpp [common-gender] (Swedish), stämläppe [common-gender] (Swedish), เส้นเสียง (sêen-sǐiang) (Thai), ses teli (Turkish)

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