aphonia

[ey-foh-nee-uh]

noun

Pathology.

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

aphonia

/ ˈæfənɪ, əˈfəʊnɪə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of aphonia¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of aphonia¹

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

Example Sentences

If aphonia and difficulty of both inspiration and expiration be present at the same time, there is certainly membranous occlusion.

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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.

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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.

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The most prominent symptoms are hoarseness, aphonia, and dyspnœa, which in children may be paroxysmal.

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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.

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