Inability to speak.

"want of voice, loss of voice, having no sound," 1719, from Modern Latin aphonia, from Greek aphonia "speechlessness," noun of quality from aphonos "voiceless," from a-, [..]

u. permanent loss of the ability to vocalize, resulting from disease, damage to the larynx, or certain types of psychological disturbance (see motor conversion symptoms). See also mutism.

Aphonia describes the inability to speak normally or produce speech sounds. It is essentially a person losing their voice and being unable to produce language. It is more severe than dysphonia which i [..]

No voice; loss of voice.

Aphonia is the loss of power of articulate speech. This results because of defective conditions of some vocal organs. In some people, it can be incomplete. Such people can talk in a whisper. Aphonia i [..]

(n) a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice

  laryngitis

Loss of voice due to disorder of the larynx or its neural connection.

Loss of voice (19thC)

Laryngitis.

Aphonia is the inability to speak.

Complete loss of Phonation due to organic Disease of the Larynx or to nonorganic (i.e., psychogenic) causes.

Complete loss of phonation due to organic disease of the larynx or to nonorganic (i.e., psychogenic) causes.

Loss of the voice resulting from disease, injury to the vocal cords, or various psychological causes.

<clinical sign> <neurology> Inability to produce speech sounds. Often due to a disease of the voice producing structures. See: alalia. (27 Sep 1997)