phonation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

phonation
    n 1: the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by
         the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care
         of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"
         [syn: {voice}, {vocalization}, {vocalisation}, {vocalism},
         {phonation}, {vox}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Phonation \Pho*na"tion\, n. [Gr. fwnh` the voice.]
   The act or process by which articulate sounds are uttered;
   the utterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech.
   [1913 Webster]

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