Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, slowness of speech due to mental defect or disease.
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- noun medicine A form of
aphasia characterized by abnormallyslow speech
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Examples
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_ -- Under the same circumstances as in the case of bradyphrasia the (slow) speech may be marred and may become unintelligible because the train of thought is confused -- e. g., in persons "drunk" with sleep -- so that words are uttered that do not correspond to the original ideas.
hernesheir commented on the word bradyphrasia
"Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!" is not an example of bradyphrasia.
February 24, 2011