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1. (n.pl.) vocal cords
either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane stretched across the larynx, the lower pair of which produces sound or voice as it is made to vibrate by the passage of air from the lungs.
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1. vocal cords
A pair of cone-shaped elastic mucous membrane projecting from the laryngeal wall and forming a narrow slit between them. Each contains a thickened free edge (vocal ligament) extending from the THYROID CARTILAGE to the ARYTENOID CARTILAGE, and a VOCAL MUSCLE that shortens or relaxes the vocal cord to control sound production.
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Sense: folds of membrane in the larynx that produce the sounds used in speech, singing etc when vibrated.
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 Afrikaans: stembande |
 Arabic: أوْتار صَوْتِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: гласни струни |
 Brazilian: cordas vocais |
 Czech: hlasivky |
 German: die Stimmbänder |
 Danish: stemmebånd |
 Greek: φωνητικές χορδές |
 Spanish: cuerdas vocales |
 Estonian: häälekurrud |
 Farsi: تارهای صوتی |
 Finnish: äänihuulet |
 French: cordes vocales |
 Hebrew: מֵיתָרֵי הַקוֹל |
 Hindi: वाकतन्तु |
 Croatian: glasovnežice |
 Hungarian: hangszálak |
 Indonesian: pita suara |
 Icelandic: raddbönd |
 Italian: corde vocali |
 Japanese: 声帯 |
 Korean: 성대 |
 Lithuanian: balso stygos |
 Latvian: balss saites |
 Malay: pita suara |
 Dutch: stembanden |
 Norwegian: stemmebånd |
 Polish: struny głosowe |
 Persian: تارهای صوتی |
 Pashto: غږيز تارونه |
 Portuguese: corda vocal |
 Romanian: coarde vocale |
 Russian: голосовые связки |
 Slovak: hlasivky |
 Slovenian: glasilke |
 Serbian: glasnežice |
 Swedish: stämband |
 Thai: เส้นเสียง |
 Turkish: ses telleri |
 Taiwanese: 聲帶 |
 Ukrainian: голосові зв'язки |
 Urdu: نرخرہ کي ڈوري |
 Vietnamese: dây thanh âm |
 Chinese: 声带 |
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