voice box

noun

: larynx

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Back in January, former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory linking alcohol consumption to the risk of developing seven different types of cancer, including those of the breast, colorectal, esophagus, liver, mouth, throat and voice box (larynx). Manuela López Restrepo, NPR, 10 Mar. 2025 Speech and voice therapies: Voice therapy can be helpful for larynx (voice box) damage. Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2025 With the Botox approach, small amounts of botulinum toxin are injected into the voice box muscles to stop the spasms. Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2025 Early land vertebrates also evolved lungs, and this transformation freed up the gill structures that fish used for breathing to evolve into various useful – and sometimes problematic – neck structures, such as the voice box, tonsils and the little flap that separates the windpipe and esophagus. Kent Dunlap, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for voice box

Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of voice box was in 1835

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“Voice box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voice%20box. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

voice box

noun
: larynx

Medical Definition

voice box

noun
: larynx

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