Aphonia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aphonia \A*pho"ni*a\, Aphony \Aph"o*ny\, n. [NL. aphonia, Gr. ?,
     fr. ? voiceless; 'a priv. + ? voice: cf. F. aphonie.] (Med.)
     Loss of voice or vocal utterance.
     [1913 Webster] Aphonic

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  aphonia
       n : a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of
           voice [syn: {voicelessness}]