rhinolalia aperta


rhinolalia

 [ri″no-la´le-ah] a nasal quality of speech from some disease or defect of the nasal passages; called also rhinophonia.rhinolalia aper´ta hypernasality.rhinolalia clau´sa hyponasality.

rhi·no·la·li·a a·per·'ta

abnormal speech attributable to inadequate velopharyngeal closure.

rhinolalia aperta

Rhinolalia caused by undue patency of the posterior nares.See also: rhinolalia