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aphonia

[ ey-foh-nee-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Pathology.

loss of voice, especially due to an organic or functional disturbance of the vocal organs.

aphonia

/ ˈæfənɪ; əˈfəʊnɪə /

Origin of aphonia¹

1770–80; < New Latin < Greek: speechlessness. See a- ⁶, phon-, -ia

Origin of aphonia¹

C18: via New Latin from Greek, from a- ¹+ phōnē sound, voice

It would cheer me considerably to learn that gobblers occasionally suffer from aphonia or speechlessness.

Each time on her disappearance he had an attack of aphonia, inability to utter a sound of any kind.

In the case of a man stung on the cheek, Legiehn observed complete aphonia and a breaking out of red blotches all over the body.

Aphonia is often complete, deglutition impossible, respiration difficult.

If aphonia and difficulty of both inspiration and expiration be present at the same time, there is certainly membranous occlusion.

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