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Dysphonia

Definition: Dysphonia

Dysphonia

Noun

1. Speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Specialty Definition: Dysphonia

Domain	Definition
Medicine	Difficulty or pain in speaking; hocuseness; impairment of the voice. Source: European Union. (references)
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Crosswords: Dysphonia

Specialty definitions using "dysphonia": Voice Disorders. (references)

Commercial Usage: Dysphonia

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Spasmodic Dysphonia (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Spasmodic Dysphonia : The Unspoken Voice Disorder (reference) Spastic dysphonia : a surgical and voice therapy treatment program (reference) Speechless: Living with Spasmodic Dysphonia (reference) The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Spasmodic Dysphonia (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Dysphonia

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The cause of spasmodic dysphonia is unknown. (references)
		There is presently no cure for spasmodic dysphonia. (references)
		There are three different types of spasmodic dysphonia. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dysphonia

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
spasmodic dysphonia	48
dysphonia	47
spastic dysphonia	9
dysphonia muscle tension	7
spasmodic dysphonia bulletin board	3
dysphonia spasmodia	2
dysphonia paralytic	2
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Modern Translation: Dysphonia

Language		Translations for "dysphonia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		dysfoni (vocal dysfunction), stemmelidelse, stemmeforstyrrelse (vocal dysfunction). (various references)

Dutch		dysfonie. (various references)

French		dysphonie, trouble de la voix (vocal dysfunction). (various references)

German		Dysphonie, Dysfonie \| Dysphonie (vocal dysfunction), Stimmstörung (vocal dysfunction), Funktionsstörung der Stimme (vocal dysfunction). (various references)

Italian		disfunzione vocale (vocal dysfunction), disfonia (depressive mood). (various references)

Pig Latin		ysphoniaday

Portuguese		disfonia, disfasia. (various references)

Spanish		disfunción vocal (vocal dysfunction), afonía (aphonia, aphony). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations: Dysphonia

Derivations
	Words beginning with "dysphonia": dysphonias. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: Dysphonia

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-h-i-n-o-p-s-y"
	-1 letter: diaphony.
	-2 letters: dishpan, hypnoid.
	-3 letters: adonis, aphids, danios, danish, hondas, hyoids, pianos, poinds, poisha, sandhi, shandy, shindy, siphon, syphon, yapons.
	-4 letters: adios, aphid, aphis, apish, apods, ayins, daisy, danio, dashi, dashy, dipso, dishy, donas, donsy, dopas, hands, handy, hinds, honda, hoyas, hyoid, hypos, hyson, nipas, noisy, ohias, opahs, opsin, padis, pains, pandy, pansy, phons.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-h-i-n-o-p-s-y"
	+1 letter: dysphonias.
	+3 letters: diaphanously.
	+4 letters: hypochondrias, psychodynamic.
	+5 letters: hypochondriacs, psychodynamics.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction

5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams

9. Bibliography

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