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Vocal Cord

Definition: Vocal Cord

Vocal Cord

Noun

1. Either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Specialty Definitions: Vocal Cord

DomainDefinitions

Medicine

The vocal folds of the larynx. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Vocal Cord

Synonyms: plica vocalis (n), vocal band (n), vocal fold (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Vocal Cord

English words defined with "vocal cord": false vocal cordinferior vocal cordsuperior vocal cordtrue vocal cord. (references)
Specialty definitions using "vocal cord": singer's knot, singer's node, singer's nodule, singers'nodeteachers'nodeVagus Nerve Diseases. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Vocal Cord

DomainTitle

References

  • The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Vocal Cord Paralysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Treatment of unilateral true vocal cord paralysis (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Vocal Cord

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Surgery involves adding bulk to the paralyzed vocal cord or changing its position. (references)

In older people, vocal cord paralysis is a common problem affecting voice production. (references)

For example, if only one vocal cord is damaged, the voice is usually hoarse or breathy. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: Vocal Cord

Expressions using "vocal cord": false vocal cord inferior vocal cord superior vocal cord true vocal cord Vocal Cord Paralysis. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Vocal Cord

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  vocal cord dysfunction

40

  vocal cord paralysis

29

  vocal cord

12

  vocal cord polyps

12

  vocal cord cancer

9

  vocal cord surgery

8

  vocal cord disfunction

5
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Modern Translations: Vocal Cord

Language Translations for "vocal cord"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

聲帶 . (various references)

   

Danish

  

stemmebaand (vocal cords, vocal folds). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

chordotomie (vocal cord section). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

äänihuuli. (various references)

   

French

  

cordes vocales vraies, cordes vocales inférieures (vocal folds). (various references)

   

German

  

Stimmband (vocal chord). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χορδοτομή (chordotomy, cordotomy, vocal cord section). (various references)

   

Italian

  

cordotomia (chordotomy, cordotomy, vocal cord section). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ocalvay ordcay

   

Portuguese

  

deslocamento da mucosa da corda vocal (displacement of the vocal cord mucosa), cordotomia (chordotomy, cordotomy, vocal cord section). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

coardã vocalã (vocal chord). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sección de cuerda vocal (vocal cord section), desplazamiento de la mucosa de la cuerda vocal (displacement of the vocal cord mucosa). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

stämband. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Vocal Cord

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-l-o-o-r-v"

-3 letters: accord.

-4 letters: acold, carol, claro, cocoa, color, coral, dolor, drool, valor, vocal, volar.

-5 letters: arco, arvo, calo, card, carl, clad, clod, coal, coca, coco, coda, cola, cold, cool, cord, croc, door, lard, load, loca, loco, lord, odor, orad, oral, orca, ordo, oval, road, rood.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Vocal Cord


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

56 6F 63 61 6C      43 6F 72 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010110 01101111 01100011 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000011 01101111 01110010 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#111 &#99 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#67 &#111 &#114 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 006F 0063 0061 006C      0043 006F 0072 0064

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5681696778237818470

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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