aphonia

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Each time on her disappearance he had an attack of aphonia, inability to utter a sound of any kind.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

That is to say, she was unable to move the right arm, the right leg, the right side of the face, and she lost the power of speech entirely; there was complete aphonia.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various

The same may be said of feigned insanity, aphonia, deaf-mutism, and loss of memory.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )

Two of his sisters were of a nervous and hysterical type and said to have attacks of aphonia.

From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by Healy, William

If the recurrent laryngeal nerves are involved, unilateral or bilateral paralysis of the larynx may complicate the symptoms by cough, dyspnea, aphonia, and possibly septic pneumonia.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier