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

It would cheer me considerably to learn that gobblers occasionally suffer from aphonia or speechlessness.

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Each time on her disappearance he had an attack of aphonia, inability to utter a sound of any kind.

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In the case of a man stung on the cheek, Legiehn observed complete aphonia and a breaking out of red blotches all over the body.

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Aphonia is often complete, deglutition impossible, respiration difficult.

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

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