In acute laryngitis, which is the most common cause of voice loss and hoarseness, you suddenly lose your voice or become hoarse. Acute laryngitis can result from: Viral infection. Viral infections, such as those that cause the common cold, can cause your vocal cords to swell. Bacterial throat infection.
Hooch is a colloquial nickname for an illegally distilled corn or grain-based alcoholic beverage, also known as moonshine, PGA (pure grain alcohol), or creek water.
Hox genes are highly conserved across most animal species and are DNA sequences that specify the anterior-posterior axis and segment identity of organisms as they develop. Hox is an abbreviation of homeobox, the name given to the region of DNA of 180 base pairs that codes for a protein domain called homeodomin.