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APHONIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aphonic mean?
• APHONIC (adjective)
The adjective APHONIC has 1 sense:
1. being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
Familiarity information: APHONIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
Synonyms:
aphonic; voiceless
Similar:
inarticulate; unarticulate (without or deprived of the use of speech or words)
Derivation:
aphonia (a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice)
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