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aphonia

ap·ho·nia

UK/eɪˈfəʊ.ni.ə/ US/əˈ-/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

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Origin

Learned borrowing from New Latin aphōnia, from Ancient Greek ἀφωνία (aphōnía, “speechlessness”). By surface analysis, a- + -phonia.

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