laryngostroboscope

laryngostroboscope
Apparatus for observing the motion of the vocal folds during phonation with intermittent illumination. As the frequency of illumination approaches the frequency of opening and closing of the vocal cords, they appear to be still.

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la·ryn·go·stro·bo·scope (lə-ring″go-stroґbo-skōp″) [laryngo- + stroboscope] an apparatus for observing the intralaryngeal phenomena with a stroboscopic light.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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