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schizophonia

schizophonia noun: the condition of sound being separable from its source.

Noun

schizophonia (uncountable)

  1. The condition of sound being separable from its source.

Origin of schizophonia

Coined by R. Murray Schafer. From schizo- + -phonia.

Questions about schizophonia

What does schizophonia mean?
Schizophonia means the condition of sound being separable from its source.
What part of speech is schizophonia?
Schizophonia is a noun.

Words near schizophonia in the dictionary

  1. schizophagous
  2. schizophasia
  3. schizophasias
  4. schizophasic
  5. schizophasics
  6. schizophonia
  7. schizophony
  8. schizophoran
  9. schizophorans
  10. schizophrene
  11. schizophrenes

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