dysphonia

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Etymology

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

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.

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