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aphonia

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a·pho·ni·a  (-fn-)
n.
Loss of the voice resulting from disease, injury to the vocal cords, or various psychological causes, such as hysteria.

[New Latin aphnia, from Greek aphni, speechlessness, from aphnos, voiceless : a-, without; see a-1 + phn, voice; see bh-2 in Indo-European roots.]

a·phonic (-fnk, -fnk) adj.

aphonia, aphony
loss of the power of speech; dumbness. — aphonic, — apho-nous, adj.
See also: Speech
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Noun1.aphonia - a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice
defect of speech, speech defect, speech disorder - a disorder of oral speech

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In fact, patient 1 was unable to complete the voice load test because of aphonia and odynophonia.
 
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