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)
At first this seemed unaccountable, but later it was found that the old woman for whom the patient had been caring had a "stroke" with loss of the power to speak, though no aphonia.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
Ball records a curious case of what he calls hysteric aphonia.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
If aphonia and difficulty of both inspiration and expiration be present at the same time, there is certainly membranous occlusion.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 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
