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state of the glottis in which the vocal folds are brought together by the arytenoids, lightly pressed against each other, so that they do not vibrate, while the arytenoids rotate to create a gap at the back of the laryngeal passage, so that the airstream escapes between the arytenoids, creating a characteristic noise

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