phoniatrics

phoniatrics
The study of speech; the science of speech. [phon- + G. iatrikos, of the healing art]

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pho·ni·at·rics .fō-nē-'a-triks n pl but sing in constr the scientific study and treatment of defects of the voice
pho·ni·at·ric -trik adj

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n.
the study of the voice and its disorders.

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pho·ni·at·rics (fo″ne-atґriks) [phon- + -iatrics] logopedics.

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