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aphonia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun aphonia has 1 sense
- aphonia(n = noun.state) voicelessness - a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice; Array is a kind of defect of speech, speech defect, speech disorder
Derived form adjective aphonic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
aphonia, n. [NL. aphonia, Gr. , fr. voiceless; 'a priv. + voice: cf. F. aphonie.].
Loss of voice or vocal utterance. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
aphonia, n. (also aphony) Med. the loss or absence of the voice through a disease of the larynx or mouth.
Etymology
mod.L aphonia f. Gk f. aphonos voiceless f. a- not + phone voice
ROGET THESAURUS
aphonia
Aphony
N aphony, aphonia, dumbness, obmutescence, absence of voice, want of voice, dysphony, cacoepy, silence, raucity, harsh voice &c, unmusical voice, falsetto, childish treble mute, dummy, aphonous, dumb, mute, deafmute, deaf and dumb, mum, tongue-tied, breathless, tongueless, voiceless, speechless, wordless, mute as a fish, mute as a stockfish, mute as a mackerel, silent, muzzled, inarticulate, inaudible, croaking, raucous, hoarse, husky, dry, hollow, sepulchral, hoarse as a raven, rough, with bated breath, with the finger on the lips, sotto voce, in a low tone, in a cracked voice, in a broken voice, vox faucibus haesit.
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