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Medical Terminology / Unit 9   MedTerm 0541 short lesson, about 20 seconds

-phonia: Voice

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The idea

The suffix phonia names the voice or the production of sound.

In practice

Dysphonia is difficulty producing voice.

Where people slip

Phonia names the voice; a similar suffix names swallowing, and another names speech.

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