DYSPHONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dysphonia mean? 

• DYSPHONIA (noun)
  The noun DYSPHONIA has 1 sense:

1. speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation

  Familiarity information: DYSPHONIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYSPHONIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("dysphonia" is a kind of...):

defect of speech; speech defect; speech disorder (a disorder of oral speech)

 Context examples 

Clinical presentation includes dysphonia, dysphagia and respiratory symptoms.

(Laryngeal Liposarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)