APHONIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice

Synonyms:

aphonia; voicelessness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("aphonia" is a kind of...):

defect of speech; speech defect; speech disorder (a disorder of oral speech)

Derivation:

aphonic (being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech)

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