aphonia
loss of voice, especially due to an organic or functional disturbance of the vocal organs.
Origin of aphonia
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How to use aphonia in a sentence
It would cheer me considerably to learn that gobblers occasionally suffer from aphonia or speechlessness.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurEach time on her disappearance he had an attack of aphonia, inability to utter a sound of any kind.
Psychotherapy | James J. WalshIn the case of a man stung on the cheek, Legiehn observed complete aphonia and a breaking out of red blotches all over the body.
Handbook of Medical Entomology | William Albert Rileyaphonia 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.
British Dictionary definitions for aphonia
aphony (ˈæfənɪ)
/ (əˈfəʊnɪə) /
loss of the voice caused by damage to the vocal tract
Origin of aphonia
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