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Noun: true vocal fold
  1. 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
    - true vocal cord, inferior vocal cord, inferior vocal fold

Derived forms: true vocal folds

Type of: plica vocalis, vocal band, vocal cord, vocal fold