Woe for a singer

• US city is trying out restriction on speech?
• Try sailing at sea - it'll leave you speechless!
• Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx
• Raving angrily? It's cause of hoarseness
• Throat inflammation
• Inflammation making it difficult to speak

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx; characterized by hoarseness or loss of voice and coughing

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Laryngitis is an inflammation of the larynx. Laryngitis may also refer to: "Laryngitis" (Glee) , a TV episode by Glee Obstructive laryngitis , a respiratory condition

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ For her last week, Cuka had been appearing with understudy Richard Franklin because Crawford had laryngitis . ▪ Hadn't Lisa mentioned laryngitis as one of the symptoms? ▪ He could only really recapture the timbre if he had laryngitis ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1822, Medical Latin, from comb. form of larynx (q.v.) + -itis .