aphonia

[ ey-foh-nee-uh ]
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nounPathology.
  1. loss of voice, especially due to an organic or functional disturbance of the vocal organs.

Origin of aphonia

1
1770–80; <New Latin <Greek: speechlessness. See a-6, phon-, -ia

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aphonia

aphony (ˈæfənɪ)

/ (əˈfəʊnɪə) /


noun
  1. loss of the voice caused by damage to the vocal tract

Origin of aphonia

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

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