aphonia definition

  • noun:
    • lack of the vocals caused by disease, injury to the singing cords, or different psychological reasons, eg hysteria.
    • loss in vocals; the shortcoming to talk
    • loss in sound or singing utterance.
    • In pathology, losing voice through a morbid problem associated with larynx or its immediate innervation; dumbness; speechlessness.
    • a condition associated with vocal body organs that leads to the increased loss of sound

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