aphonia
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There was much expectoration of muco-purulent fluid, and on the third day complete aphonia, but the symptoms gradually disappeared, and recovery was complete in eight days.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
The most prominent symptoms are hoarseness, aphonia, and dyspnœa, which in children may be paroxysmal.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
Two of his sisters were of a nervous and hysterical type and said to have attacks of aphonia.
From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by William Healy
The treatment of functional aphonia should be general and local; tonics such as strychnin, iron, and arsenic should be administered; the intra-laryngeal application of electricity usually effects a sudden cure.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
That is to say, she was unable to move the right arm, the right leg, the right side of the face, and she lost the power of speech entirely; there was complete aphonia.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
