dysphonia
UK/dɪsˈfəʊ.ni.ə/US/dɪsˈfoʊ.ni.ə/
dysphonia noun: a difficulty in producing vocal sounds.
Noun
dysphonia (countable and uncountable, plural dysphonias)
- A difficulty in producing vocal sounds.
- In patients with spasmodic dysphonia, the current treatment that is most commonly offered is by selective injection of botulinum toxin (BOTOX) into the most affected muscles.2009, Peak Woo, Stroboscopy, Plural Publishing, →ISBN, page 339
- Spasmodic dysphonia affects up to 50,000 people in North America, and is a subset of dystonia, a muscle contraction disorder that can affect many parts of the body.2025 January 29, Sandee LaMotte, “A rare brain disorder robbed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of his strong speaking voice”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- hoarseness
dysphonia meaning in Tamil
dysphonia in Tamil
- பேச்சிழப்பு, குரல் எழுப்பாமை, பிறழ் குரல்
Synonyms of dysphonia
Forms of dysphonia
| plural | dysphonias |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | dysphony |
Origin of dysphonia
From Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “ill, hard”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”), equivalent to dys- + -phonia.
Words formed from dysphonia
Words that rhyme with dysphonia
- Poseidonia
- Livonia
- macedonia
- Franconia
- Laconia
- Sidonia
- Usonia
- Wallonia
- Catalonia
- sinfonia
- Slavonia
- ammonia
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- Babylonia
- Cydonia
- Freedonia
- harmonia
- Patagonia
- valonia
- wellingtonia
- abronia
- adansonia
- Ambazonia
- Aonia
- aphonia
- asonia
- Assyro-Babylonia
- Avalonia
- begonia
- caustic ammonia
- claytonia
- Dumnonia
- Estonia
- gonia
- gordonia
- heliconia
- houstonia
- Kydonia
- Lycaonia
- Maeonia
- Magonia
- Paeonia
- Pannonia
- pavonia
- Polonia
- polyphonia
- Savonia
- Selonia
- Snowdonia
- Sophronia
- tithonia
- Tsakonia
- washingtonia
- watsonia
Questions about dysphonia
- What does dysphonia mean?
- Dysphonia means a difficulty in producing vocal sounds.
- What is dysphonia in Tamil?
- Dysphonia in Tamil is பேச்சிழப்பு, குரல் எழுப்பாமை, பிறழ் குரல். See Dysphonia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dysphonia?
- Dysphonia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dysphonia?
- Dysphonia is pronounced /dɪsˈfəʊ.ni.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dysphonia?
- The plural of dysphonia is dysphonias.
Words near dysphonia in the dictionary
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