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aphony

/ˈæfəni/

aphony is the dated form of aphonia.

Meaning of aphonia

Noun

aphonia (countable and uncountable, plural aphonias)

  1. Loss of voice; the inability to speak.

Forms of aphony

pluralaphonies

Origin of aphony

By surface analysis, a- + -phony.

Questions about aphony

What is aphony the dated form of?
Aphony is the dated form of aphonia.
How do you pronounce aphony?
Aphony is pronounced /ˈæfəni/.

Words near aphony in the dictionary

  1. aphonic
  2. aphonics
  3. aphonies
  4. aphonized
  5. aphonous
  6. aphony
  7. aphoresis
  8. aphoria
  9. aphorise
  10. aphorised
  11. aphoriser

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aphony (page history and authors); aphonia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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