vocal folds
plural noun
: the lower pair of vocal cords each of which when drawn taut, approximated to the contralateral member of the pair, and subjected to a flow of breath produces the voice
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The rare condition causes fluid to build up in the outer layer of one's vocal folds, which in turn causes their voice to sound deeper and raspier.
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Mekishana Pierre Updated, EW.com, 23 May 2025
Spasmodic dysphonia is classified as a focal dystonia, a dystonia that affects one body part – the vocal folds, in the case of spasmodic dysphonia.
—Indu Subramanian, The Conversation, 1 May 2025
Jacob Dunn, Anglia Ruskin University It's known that non-human primates have something humans have lost over the course of evolution: very thin, light vocal membranes just above the vocal folds.
—ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2025
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, speech-language pathologists often test voice production and quality, and a doctor might check the vocal folds by passing a small tube through the nose and into the voice box.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 29 Jan. 2025
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Mekishana Pierre Updated, EW.com, 23 May 2025
Spasmodic dysphonia is classified as a focal dystonia, a dystonia that affects one body part – the vocal folds, in the case of spasmodic dysphonia.
—Indu Subramanian, The Conversation, 1 May 2025
Jacob Dunn, Anglia Ruskin University It's known that non-human primates have something humans have lost over the course of evolution: very thin, light vocal membranes just above the vocal folds.
—ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2025
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, speech-language pathologists often test voice production and quality, and a doctor might check the vocal folds by passing a small tube through the nose and into the voice box.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 29 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for vocal folds
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“Vocal folds.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vocal%20folds. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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