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Definition of True glottis

1. Noun. The space between the two true vocal folds.

Medical Definition of True glottis

1. The interval between the true vocal cords. Synonym: glottis vera, rima vocalis, true glottis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of True Glottis

Literary usage of True glottis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On diseases of the throat and windpipe, as reflected by the laryngoscope by George Duncan Gibb (1864)
"... yet another form of œdema, which occurs below the true glottis, wholly distinct in its nature and character from that existing above the glottis. ..."

2. Manual of English Pronunciation and Spelling: Containing a Full Alphabetical by Richard Soule, William Adolphus Wheeler (1875)
"Line through the ventricles of the rior or true vocal chords and true glottis. —,. Section of the thyroid pitch of which depends entirely cartilage. — 8, 8. ..."

3. Baltimore Medical and Surgical Journal and Review edited by Eli Geddings (1833)
"... vocales of Ferrein, are the lower ligaments of the glottis; they form the chink of the true glottis. ..."

4. The Senses and the Intellect by Alexander Bain (1874)
"... vera or true glottis.' Fio. The inferior or true vocal cards, by whose vibration the voice is produced, are two bands of elastic substance, ..."

5. A Handbook of Phonetics by Henry Sweet (1877)
"Above the ' true ' glottis, and still forming part of the larynx, comes the ' upper ' or ' false ' glottis, by which the passage can be narrowed or ..."

6. The Senses and the Intellect by Alexander Bain (1872)
"... and sometimes the glottis vera or true glottis.' Fio. The inferior or true vocal cords, by whose vibration the voice is produced, are two bands of ..."

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