Vocal

a. [Fr., Sp., & Pg. vocal, It. vocale, Lat. vocalis, from vox, vocis, voice.] 1. Having a voice; endowed with utterance. To hill or valley, fountain or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song. Milton.

2. Uttered or modulated by the voice; as, vocal melody; vocal prayer. “Vocal worship.” Milton.
3. Of, or pertaining to, a vowel or voice-sound;—also, spoken with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous;—said of certain articulate sounds.

Vocal chords, or cords (Anat.), two thick and strong fibrous bands in the larynx, covered externally by a thin and delicate mucous membrane, and especially concerned with the formation of sound;—called also thyro-arytenoid ligaments. [See Illust. of Larynx.]—Vocal music, music made by the voice, in distinction from instrumental music; hence, music or tunes set to words, to be performed by the human voice.—Vocal tube, the part of the air-passages above the inferior ligaments of the larynx, including the passages through the nose and mouth. Dunglison.