aphonia noun.
[eɪ'fǝʊnɪǝ, ǝ-] Orig.
aphony.
L17.[mod. Latin from Greek aphōnia speechlessness, from A-10 + phōnē voice: see -PHONIA.]Medicine. Loss or absence of voice through a defect in the vocal organs. Cf.
ANARTHRIA,
APHASIA.
■ aphonic adjective without voice or sound
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