aphonia

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin aphōnia, from Ancient Greek ἀφωνία (aphōnía, “speechlessness”).[1] By surface analysis, a- +‎ -phonia.

Pronunciation

Noun

aphonia (countable and uncountable, plural aphonias)

  1. (medicine) Loss of voice; the inability to speak.

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References

  1. ^ “aphony, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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