Category: V

A graphical representation of the characteristics of an individual’s speech pattern. Because voiceprints, like fingerprints, can be used to distinguish one person from another, the technique is useful in forensic medicine and in identifying the voices of criminal suspects.  

The sudden interruption of speech, or a sudden decrease in vocal amplitude. It is a sign of laryngeal spasm.  

The indication of disease by changes in the voice.  

The true vocal cords; the inferior pair of folds within the larynx; each contains a vocal ligament. They form the edges of the rima glottidis and are involved in the production of sound.  

The organs, including the pharynx, larynx, teeth, tongue, and lips, that produce sounds and speech.  

One who practices vivisection.  

One who practices or believes in vivisection.  

To dissect a living animal for experimental purposes.  

Trimming of the surface layer of a wound to aid the union of tissues.  

The process of removing diffusible substances from the blood of a living animal by allowing it to flow through dialyzing membranes immersed in saline solution.