phonetics

phonetics definition - medical

pho·net·ics (fə-nĕtˈĭks)

noun
The branch of linguistics that deals with the sounds of speech and their production, combination, description, and representation by written symbols.

The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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