aphonia /apho·nia/ (a-fo´ne-ah) loss of voice; inability to produce vocal sounds.
aphonia
aphonia
a·pho·ni·a ( -f  n - )n. Loss of the voice resulting from disease, injury to the vocal cords, or psychological causes, such as hysteria. a·phon ic (-f n k, -fnk) adj. |
aphonia
[āfō′nē·ə]
Etymology: Gk, a, phone, without voice
a condition characterized by loss of the ability to produce normal speech sounds that results from overuse of the vocal cords, organic disease, or psychologic causes, such as anxiety. Kinds of aphonia include aphonia clericorum, aphonia paralytica, aphonia paranoica, and spastic aphonia. See also speech dysfunction. aphonic, aphonous, adj.
aphonia
loss of the voice; inability to produce vocal sounds.
aphonia clericorum
loss of the voice from overuse, as in dogs barking excessively during kenneling.
aphonia
ENT Complete speechlessness resulting from an inability to produce normal sounds due to organic–eg, laryngeal disease or mental cause. See Stroke. Cf Alalia, Spasmodic dysphonia.
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