dysphonia
dysphonia · dysphonias
A difficulty in producing vocal soundsA difficulty in producing vocal sounds.
UK/dɪsˈfəʊ.ni.ə/US/dɪsˈfoʊ.ni.ə/
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A difficulty in producing vocal sounds.
More definitions
- speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation
Origin
From Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “ill, hard”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”), equivalent toFrom Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “ill, hard”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”), equivalent to dys- + -phonia.
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Forms
plural: dysphoniasSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsDeriveddysphonic
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable