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megaphonia

megaphonia noun: the condition of excessive shouting or raising the voice.

Noun

megaphonia (uncountable)

  1. The condition of excessive shouting or raising the voice.
    • His initial symptom was megaphonia — a tendency to bellow and raise his voice — which was followed by the development of grunting, and a tendency to clench and grind the teeth.1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Origin of megaphonia

From mega- + -phonia.

Questions about megaphonia

What does megaphonia mean?
Megaphonia means the condition of excessive shouting or raising the voice.
What part of speech is megaphonia?
Megaphonia is a noun.

Words near megaphonia in the dictionary

  1. megapharmacies
  2. megapharmacy
  3. megaphone
  4. megaphoned
  5. megaphones
  6. megaphonia
  7. megaphonic
  8. megaphonically
  9. megaphoning
  10. megaphonist
  11. megaphonists

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