rhinolalia /rhi·no·la·lia/ (-la´le-ah) rhinophonia; a nasal quality of the voice from some disease or defect of the nasal passages, such as undue patency (r. aper´ta) or undue closure (r. clau´sa) of the posterior nares.
rhinolalia [ri″no-la´le-ah]
rhinolalia (rī´nōlā´lē
),
rhi·no·la·li·a (r  n -l  l -)n. A nasal tone in speech. Also called rhinophonia. |
rhinolalia [ri″no-la´le-ah]
a nasal quality of speech from some disease or defect of the nasal passages; called also rhinophonia.
rhinolalia aper´ta hypernasality.
rhinolalia clau´sa hyponasality.
rhinolalia (rī´nōlā´lē
),n nasalized speech, of which there are two types: rhinolalia clausa (closed port) and rhinolalia aperta (open port).
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