[ad. mod.L. aphōnia (oftener used unchanged), a. Gr. ἀφωνία, n. of quality f. ἄφων-ος voiceless, f. ἀ priv. + φωνή voice.] Inability to produce vocal sound; total loss of voice.
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., XVI. 580. A most grievous Aphony.
1719. Glossogr. Nova, Aphony, want of voice.
1778. Fothergill, in Phil. Trans., LXIX. 5. A disease, somewhat similar to the above, though … not attended with the aphonia.
1878. A. M. Hamilton, Nerv. Dis., 162. Aphasia must not be confounded with aphonia.
