aphonia

(ā fō′nē ə)

noun

loss of voice due to an organic or functional disorder

Origin: ModL < Gr aphōnia < aphōnos, voiceless < a-, without + phōnē, sound, voice < phanai, to say: see phono-

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noun

Loss of the voice resulting from disease, injury to the vocal cords, or various psychological causes, such as hysteria.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin aphōnia

Origin: , from Greek aphōniā, speechlessness

Origin: , from aphōnos, voiceless

Origin: : a-, without; see a-¹

Origin: + phōnē, voice; see bhā-² in Indo-European roots

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