aphonia

(ā fōnē 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-

See aphonia in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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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Related Forms:

  • a·phonˈic (ā-fŏnˈĭk, ā-fōˈnĭk) adjective

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