Having no voice or sound; mute.
the patient was aphonic on examination
Example sentencesExamples
- Inside the heard voices is an unheard voice, an aphonic voice, as it were.
- A 35-year-old woman who complained of having lost her voice several weeks previously was answering all questions put to her in an aphonic whisper.
- His next-door neighbors are a poor family with an aphonic daughter named Zehra, who can see into the future.
- Treating an aphonic patient is both challenging and rewarding for the speech and language therapist.
- Initially he was aphonic, but gradually some voice returned.