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SUPERIOR VOCAL CORD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does superior vocal cord mean?
• SUPERIOR VOCAL CORD (noun)
The noun SUPERIOR VOCAL CORD has 1 sense:
1. either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization
Familiarity information: SUPERIOR VOCAL CORD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
false vocal cord; false vocal fold; superior vocal cord; ventricular fold; vestibular fold
Hypernyms ("superior vocal cord" is a kind of...):
plica vocalis; vocal band; vocal cord; vocal fold (either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx)
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