hypophonia

English

Etymology

From hypo- +‎ phono- +‎ -ia.

Noun

hypophonia (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) The condition of having a quiet voice; inability to speak loudly.
    • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
      She would have to make a notable effort to speak, but the effort notwithstanding she would speak a whisper quite different in quality from the hypophonia she had shown in her pre-DOPA days.

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