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

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

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Laryngeal Foreign Body.—One or more of the following laryngeal symptoms may be present: Hoarseness, croupy cough, aphonia, odynphagia, hemoptysis, wheezing, dyspnea, cyanosis, apnea, subjective sensation of foreign body.

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