aphonia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of aphonia
1770–80; < New Latin < Greek: speechlessness. See a- 6, phon-, -ia
Example Sentences
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Two of his sisters were of a nervous and hysterical type and said to have attacks of aphonia.
From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by Healy, William
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)
Hence, the hesitation in speech arises and as the repressed thoughts gradually are forced into the unconscious, there finally develops the defective speech automatism, either stammering or a spastic aphonia.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
The same may be said of feigned insanity, aphonia, deaf-mutism, and loss of memory.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )
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
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