Assertion: vocal cord | /r/HasProperty | immobile
Facets:
value: completely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: If your vocal cords are immobile, it will adversely affect your ability to sneeze and swallow, and even coughing won't remove laryngeal waste.
text: The consensus is that a CT (or CAT) scan of the neck and chest with contrast dye is the minimum study required to examine the nerves adequately when the vocal fold is immobile.
text: When both vocal cords are immobile, the laryngeal airway is typically narrowed to the point of creating breathing difficulty.
text: According to Dr. Sulica, Associate Professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, who moderated a miniseminar on this topic at the 2008 annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, vocal folds in patients with vocal fold paralysis may still demonstrate some evidence of nerve function, but the vocal fold is completely immobile.