phon-, phono-, -phone, -phonia, -phonic, -phonetic, -phonous, -phonically, -phonetically, -phony +
(Greek: sound, voice, speech, tone)
This phono-, phon- should not be confused with another phono-, phon- that means "slaughter, murder, homicide". In Greek, a distinction is made between the phonos (PHOH nohs), "murder", which is spelled with the Greek letter omicron in the last syllable; and the Greek phonos (phoh NOHS), "voice", which is spelled with the letter omega in the last syllable. Both omicron and omega became the letter "o" in English.
telephonophobia
A abnormal or irrational fear of using the telephone.
telephony
1. The transmission of sound between distant stations, especially by radio or telephone.
2. The technology and manufacture of telephone equipment.
2. The technology and manufacture of telephone equipment.
televideophone
A telephone that is capable of producing images.
tendophony
A heart murmur assumed to be due to an abnormal condition of the chordae tendineae (thread-like bands of fibrous tissue).
tenophony
A heart murmur assumed to be due to an abnormal condition of the chordae tendineae (thread-like bands of fibrous tissue).
teraphone
Meaningless sounds uttered by an insane or delirious patient.
tetraphony
In Russia in the eighteenth century, innovative icons began to be
produced, with models taken from Roman Catholic paintings of
the Italian Renaissance, and polyphony or heterophony, called
four-part harmony (tetraphony), began to be used in Russian
churches, in imitation of the innovative ecclesiastical music of the
West.
thermophone
In acoustical engineering, a transducer that converts electrical energy (produced by driving an alternating current superimposed on a direct current) into heat by the dissipation of energy in a resistive element, thereby producing sound.
topophone
A double ear trumpet for estimating the direction from which sounds proceed; especially, for the use of navigators.
tracheophonesis
Auscultation of the heart sounds at the sternal notch.
tracheophony
1. A sound heard in auscultation over the trachea. "Auscultation" is the process of listening for sounds within the body, usually sounds of thoracic or abdominal viscera.
2. The hollow voice sound heard in auscultating over the trachea. Also known as bronchophony.
2. The hollow voice sound heard in auscultating over the trachea. Also known as bronchophony.
trachyphonia
Roughness of the voice.
tragophonia, tragophony
A peculiar broken quality of the voice sounds; such as, the bleating of a goat, heard about the upper level of the fluid in cases of pleurisy with effusion; egophony.
trophonosis
1. Any disease or disorder due to nutritional causes.
2. Any disease that is related to nutritional deficiencies.
2. Any disease that is related to nutritional deficiencies.
tympanophonia
1. Ventilatory movements of air transmitted to the eardrum which result in a subjectively
unpleasant phenomenon.
2. Increased resonance of one's own voice, breath sounds, arterial murmurs, etc., noted especially in disease of the middle ear.
2. Increased resonance of one's own voice, breath sounds, arterial murmurs, etc., noted especially in disease of the middle ear.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.":
cit-;
clam-;
dic-;
fa-;
-farious;
glosso-;
glotto-;
lalo-;
linguo-;
locu-;
logo-;
loqu-;
mythico-;
-ology;
ora-;
-phasia;
-phemia;
phras-;
Quotes: Language,Part 1;
Quotes: Language, Part 2;
Quotes: Language, Part 3;
serm-;
tongue;
voc-.
