Usually means: Tissue bands producing sound, voice.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word vocal cords:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. vocal cords: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. vocal cords: Merriam-Webster
  3. vocal cords: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. vocal cords: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. vocal cords: Collins English Dictionary
  6. vocal cords: Vocabulary.com
  7. vocal cords: Wordnik
  8. vocal cords: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Vocal cords: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. vocal cords: Wiktionary
  11. vocal cords: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. vocal cords: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. vocal cords: Dictionary.com
  14. Vocal cords: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. vocal cords: FreeDictionary.org
  16. vocal cords: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. vocal cords: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Vocal cords: Encyclopedia

Medicine (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. vocal cords: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Vocal cords: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Dental and Oral Health Glossary (No longer online)
  8. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  9. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  10. Vocal cords: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  11. Vocal Cords: The Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  12. Vocal cords: Medical dictionary
  13. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See vocal_cord as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (vocal cords)

noun:  (chiefly in the plural) Two folds of tissue located in the larynx that vibrate when air passes over them, producing the sound waves associated with talking and singing.

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