See Also: cyphel(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
dysphonia(medicine)
Dysphonia(health)
dysphonia spastica(medicine)
dysphonia, spasmodic(medicine)
spastic dysphonia(medicine)
Spasmodic dysphonia(medicine)
Abductor spasmodic dysphonia(health)
Adductor spasmodic dysphonia(health)

dysphonia spastica (medicine) and cyphel (iou)


dysphonia spastica (medicine)


dysphonia spastica


A spasmodic contraction of the intrinsic muscles of the larynx excited by attempted phonation, producing either adductor or abductor subtypes caused by central nervous system disease. A localised form of movement disorder.

Synonym: phonic spasm, spastic dysphonia.


cyphel (iou)



cyphel noun. LME.
[App. from Greek kuphella the hollows of the ears.]
Orig., the houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum. Now (more fully mossy cyphel), a cushion-forming alpine plant, Minuartia sedoides, of the pink family, with sessile apetalous flowers.