Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, partial or complete loss of the power of articulation, due to paralysis of muscles employed in articulating. See
anarthria .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Inability to utter articulate sounds, due either to paralysis of the larynx or to that form of aphasia, called
motor , orataxis ,aphasia , due to loss of control of the muscles of speech.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine The
loss of theability tospeak , especially due toparalysis of thevocal cords
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak
Etymologies
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The third frontal convolution and the island of Reil were small on both sides, corresponding to the alalia.
The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. William T. Preyer 1869
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The complete inability to articulate is called alalia.
The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. William T. Preyer 1869
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If it is inborn, then this lack of speech, alalia, is called _deaf-mutism_, although the so-called deaf and dumb are not in reality dumb, but only deaf.
The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. William T. Preyer 1869
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