dysarthria
Meanings
noun
- Difficulty in articulating words due to a disturbance in the form or function of the structures that modulate voice into speech; one of the first indicative symptoms of myasthenia gravis, brought about by an autoimmune response to acetylcholine receptors.
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Etymology
From international scientific vocabulary, from German Dysarthrie. By surface analysis, dys- + -arthria.
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