Inferior Vocal Cord (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The laryngologist carefully examined the patient's inferior vocal cords to diagnose the cause of her persistent hoarseness.
- When air from the lungs passes through the slightly parted inferior vocal cords, it creates a series of high-pitched vibrations.
- A strong wind can irritate the delicate inferior vocal cords and affect one's singing performance.
- Doctors recommended speech therapy to strengthen her weak inferior vocal cords, enabling her to communicate effectively again.
- Duet singing is even more complex, requiring not just beautiful harmony, but synchrony in tensing one's own inferior vocal cords as you inhale simultaneously with a second person, breath intertwined as harmony above entwined lines that break beautifully soaring for life while building inner pressure we then seal outward over you each blending anew anew..