aphonia

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.

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

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a·phonic (-fnk, -fnk) adj.

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aphonia, aphony

loss of the power of speech; dumbness. — aphonic, — apho-nous, adj.

See also: Speech

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Noun

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aphonia - a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice voicelessness defect of speech, speech defect, speech disorder - a disorder of oral speech