voice box

noun

: larynx

Examples of voice box in a Sentence

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According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, spasmodic dysphonia causes involuntary spasms in the muscles of the voice box or larynx. Kate Nalepinski, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025 Muscle tension dysphonia is a change in the sound or feel of a person's voice due to excessive muscle tension in and around the voice box, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025 In a study of eight people whose voice boxes had been surgically removed due to trauma or disease, the Delsys device accurately translated their silently articulated words nearly 90 percent of the time. IEEE Spectrum, 8 Feb. 2019 Epidemiological studies have shown that alcohol is causally linked to cancer of the oral cavity, throat, voice box, esophagus, liver, colon and rectum, and breast. Pranoti Mandrekar, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for voice box

Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of voice box was in 1835

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“Voice box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voice%20box. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

voice box

noun
: larynx

Medical Definition

voice box

noun
: larynx

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