aphonia

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Ball records a curious case of what he calls hysteric aphonia.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

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

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)

Were we to follow up this history we could unearth the full life history of this patient, including the genesis of his early attack of aphonia.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various

Slight forms of structural aphonia are of a catarrhal nature, resulting from more or less congestion and tumefaction of the mucous and submucous tissues of the larynx and adjoining parts.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various