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voice box, n.

a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech
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larynx voice box

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

laryngeal

semantic pointers

part meronym

glottis laryngeal artery, arteria laryngea laryngeal vein, vena laryngea arytenoid, arytaenoid, arytenoid cartilage thyroid cartilage, Adam's apple vocal cord, vocal fold, vocal band, plica vocalis

hypernym

speech organ, vocal organ, organ of speech cartilaginous structure

part holonym

upper respiratory tract