Aphonic

2 definitions found

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

  Aphonic \A*phon"ic\, Aphonous \Aph"o*nous\, a.
     Without voice; voiceless; nonvocal; incapable of all but
     whispered speech.
     [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  aphonic
       adj : being voiceless through injury or illness and thus incapable
             of all but whispered speech [syn: {voiceless}]