Characterized by hoarseness or loss of voice and coughing

• Woe for a singer
• Try sailing at sea - it'll leave you speechless!
• Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx
• Inflammation making it difficult to speak
• Raving angrily? It's cause of hoarseness

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Laryngitis is an inflammation of the larynx . It causes hoarse voice or temporary complete loss of the voice because of irritation to the vocal folds (vocal cords). Dysphonia is the medical term for a vocal disorder, of which laryngitis is one cause. Laryngitis ...

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 ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An inflammation of the larynx, typically resulting in hoarseness.

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