Clinical Diagnosis · Respiratory System · Medium
Dysphonia
Meaning: Difficulty producing voice, causing it to sound hoarse, weak or strained.
In practice: The singer's dysphonia was caused by nodules on her vocal cords.
Word parts
- dys- means difficult or abnormal
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