"dysphonia" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dys-",
        "3": "-phonia"
      },
      "expansion": "dys- + -phonia",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “ill, hard”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”), equivalent to dys- + -phonia.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dysphonias",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dysphony",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "dysphonia (countable and uncountable, plural dysphonias)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with dys-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -phonia",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "en:Medicine",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Healthcare",
            "Sciences",
            "Health",
            "All topics",
            "Body",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "dysphonic"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Peak Woo, Stroboscopy, Plural Publishing, →ISBN, page 339:",
          "text": "In patients with spasmodic dysphonia, the current treatment that is most commonly offered is by selective injection of botulinum toxin (BOTOX) into the most affected muscles.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2025 January 29, Sandee LaMotte, “A rare brain disorder robbed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of his strong speaking voice”, in CNN:",
          "text": "Spasmodic dysphonia affects up to 50,000 people in North America, and is a subset of dystonia, a muscle contraction disorder that can affect many parts of the body.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A difficulty in producing vocal sounds."
      ],
      "id": "en-dysphonia-en-noun-wAyEcLYz",
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "difficulty",
          "difficulty"
        ],
        [
          "vocal",
          "vocal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) A difficulty in producing vocal sounds."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hoarseness"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dysphonia"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dysphonic"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dys-",
        "3": "-phonia"
      },
      "expansion": "dys- + -phonia",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “ill, hard”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”), equivalent to dys- + -phonia.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dysphonias",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dysphony",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "dysphonia (countable and uncountable, plural dysphonias)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms prefixed with dys-",
        "English terms suffixed with -phonia",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Peak Woo, Stroboscopy, Plural Publishing, →ISBN, page 339:",
          "text": "In patients with spasmodic dysphonia, the current treatment that is most commonly offered is by selective injection of botulinum toxin (BOTOX) into the most affected muscles.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2025 January 29, Sandee LaMotte, “A rare brain disorder robbed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of his strong speaking voice”, in CNN:",
          "text": "Spasmodic dysphonia affects up to 50,000 people in North America, and is a subset of dystonia, a muscle contraction disorder that can affect many parts of the body.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A difficulty in producing vocal sounds."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "difficulty",
          "difficulty"
        ],
        [
          "vocal",
          "vocal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) A difficulty in producing vocal sounds."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hoarseness"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dysphonia"
}