dysphonia

English

Alternative forms

• dysphony (dated)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “ill, hard”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”), equivalent to dys- +‎ -phonia.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈfəʊ.ni.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈfoʊ.ni.ə/
• Rhymes: -əʊniə

Noun

dysphonia (countable and uncountable, plural dysphonias)

1. (medicine) A difficulty in producing vocal sounds.

   Synonym: hoarseness

   • 2009, Peak Woo, Stroboscopy, Plural Publishing, →ISBN, page 339:

     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.

   • 2025 January 29, Sandee LaMotte, “A rare brain disorder robbed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of his strong speaking voice”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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.

Derived terms

• dysphonic

Further reading

• hoarse voice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• aphyonids