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APHONIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aphonic mean? 

APHONIC (adjective)
  The adjective APHONIC has 1 sense:

1. being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speechplay

  Familiarity information: APHONIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


APHONIC (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech

Synonyms:

aphonic; voiceless

Similar:

inarticulate; unarticulate (without or deprived of the use of speech or words)

Derivation:

aphonia (a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice)


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