Meaning | A disorder of oral speech. |
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Synonyms | speech disorder, defect of speech |
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Narrower | anarthria | partial or total loss of articulate speech resulting from lesions of the central nervous system |
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aphonia, voicelessness | A disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice |
cataphasia | A speech disorder in which the same word is repeated / repeated several times in succession |
dysarthria | impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature |
dyslogia | impaired ability to express ideas verbally |
dysphonia | speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation |
lallation | defective articulation of the 'l' phoneme or the phoneme 'r' is pronounced as 'l' |
lambdacism | speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme 'l' |
lisp | A speech defect that involves pronouncing 's' like voiceless 'th' and 'z' like voiced 'th' |
stammer, stutter | A speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds |
Broader | disorder, upset | A physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal / normal functioning |
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