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NM Spelling Bee 2011 Word of the Day

dysphonia

This word is from Greek.

A noun.

Impairment of the voice manifested by hoarseness or other defects of phonation due to organic, functional, or psychic causes.

Mark is a speech therapist specializing in the treatment of dysphonia.


Word of the Day frrom the NM Bee 2011

thoracic

This word is from Greek.

An adjective.

Of, relatingĀ  to, located within, or involving the part of the body of humans and other mammals located between the neck and the abdomen.

The thoracic nerve controls the muscles in the walls of the throax.