aphonia
aphonia · aphonias
афония
Aphonie, Stimmlosigkeit, Stimmverlust
Loss of voice; the inability to speakLoss of voice; the inability to speak.
UK/eɪˈfəʊ.ni.ə/US/eɪˈfoʊ.ni.ə/
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Loss of voice; the inability to speak.
Aphonie, Stimmlosigkeit, Stimmverlust
афони́яafoníja
a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from New Latin aphōnia, from Ancient Greek ἀφωνία (aphōnía, “speechlessnLearned borrowing from New Latin aphōnia, from Ancient Greek ἀφωνία (aphōnía, “speechlessness”). By surface analysis, a- + -phonia.
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Forms
plural: aphoniasSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice:voicelessness
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedaphonic
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable