Dysphonia

2 definitions found

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

  Dysphonia \Dys*pho"ni*a\, Dysphony \Dys"pho*ny\, n. [NL.
     dysphonia, Gr. ?; dys- ill, hard + ? sound, voice: cf. F.
     dysphonie.] (Med.)
     A difficulty in producing vocal sounds; enfeebled or depraved
     voice.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dysphonia
       n : speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation