Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun false_vocal_cord

1 sense of false vocal cord

Sense 1
false vocal cord, false vocal fold, superior vocal cord, ventricular fold, vestibular fold -- (either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization)
       => vocal cord, vocal fold, vocal band, plica vocalis -- (either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx)