Aphonic
mouthed but not spoken; noiseless; silent.
Phonetics.
lacking phonation; unvoiced.
without voice; voiceless.
Pathology. affected with aphonia.
Pathology. a person who is affected with .
adjective
affected with aphonia
(phonetics)
not representing a spoken sound, as k in know
voiceless or devoiced
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