- dysarthria
- noun Etymology: New Latin, from dys- + arthr- + -ia Date: 1878 difficulty in articulating words due to disease of the central nervous system
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Dysarthria — Classification and external resources ICD 10 R47.1 ICD 9 784.5 … Wikipedia
Dysarthria — Speech that is characteristically slurred, slow, and difficult to produce (difficult to understand). The person with dysarthria may also have problems controlling the pitch, loudness, rhythm, and voice qualities of their speech. Dysarthria is a… … Medical dictionary
dysarthria — dysarthric, adj. /dis ahr three euh/, n. Pathol. any of certain disorders of articulation, as stammering or stuttering, caused by a nerve defect. [1875 80; < NL, equiv. to dys DYS + Gk árthr(on) joint + ia IA] * * * … Universalium
dysarthria — noun Difficulty in articulating words due to disturbance in the form or function of the structures that modulate voice into speech. One of first indicative symptoms of myasthenia gravis brought about by an auto immune response to acetylcholine… … Wiktionary
dysarthria — n. impairment of pronunciation … English contemporary dictionary
dysarthria — [dɪs α:θrɪə] noun Medicine unclear articulation of speech that is otherwise linguistically normal. Origin C19: from dys + Gk arthron joint or articulation … English new terms dictionary
dysarthria — dys·ar·thria … English syllables
dysarthria — n. a speech disorder in which the pronunciation is unclear although the language content and meaning are normal … The new mediacal dictionary
dysarthria — dys•ar•thri•a [[t]dɪsˈɑr θri ə[/t]] n. pat difficulty in speech articulation due to poor muscular control, usu. related to nerve damage • Etymology: 1875–80; dys + Gk árthr(on) joint + ia dys•ar′thric, adj … From formal English to slang
dysarthria — /dɪsˈaθriə/ (say dis ahthreeuh) noun impaired intelligibility due to the breakdown of one or more aspects of speech, as respiration, phonation, resonance and prosody, as a result of impaired innervation of muscles. {dys + Greek arthron joint} …
