aphonia

American  

[ey-foh-nee-uh] / eɪˈfoʊ ni ə /

noun

Pathology.

1. loss of voice, especially due to an organic or functional disturbance of the vocal organs.

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aphonia British  

/ ˈæfənɪ, əˈfəʊnɪə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of aphonia

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

Example Sentences

Slight forms of structural aphonia are of a catarrhal nature, resulting from more or less congestion and tumefaction of the mucous and submucous tissues of the larynx and adjoining parts.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

If the recurrent laryngeal nerves are involved, unilateral or bilateral paralysis of the larynx may complicate the symptoms by cough, dyspnea, aphonia, and possibly septic pneumonia.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

A striking form of inability to co-ordinate muscles so as to enable them to perform their ordinary function is aphonia, or mutism, sometimes spoken of as hysterical mutism.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Odier has known a woman who was affected with aphonia whenever exposed to the odor of musk, but who immediately recovered after taking a cold bath.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

In these cases there is marked stridor both on inspiration and expiration, but no aphonia.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander