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a⋅phon⋅ic

[ey-fon-ik, ey-foh-nik]
–adjective
1. mouthed but not spoken; noiseless; silent.
2. Phonetics.
a. lacking phonation; unvoiced.
b. without voice; voiceless.
3. Pathology. affected with aphonia.
–noun
4. Pathology. a person who is affected with aphonia.

Origin:
1820–30; < Gk áphōn(os) voiceless (see aphonia ) + -ic
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a·pho·ni·a   (ā-fō'nē-ə)   
n.  Loss of the voice resulting from disease, injury to the vocal cords, or various psychological causes, such as hysteria.

[New Latin aphōnia, from Greek aphōniā, speechlessness, from aphōnos, voiceless : a-, without; see a-1 + phōnē, voice; see bhā-2 in Indo-European roots.]
a·phon'ic (ā-fŏn'ĭk, ā-fō'nĭk) adj.
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