| dyslalia |
| Definition - A speech impairment that is caused by either defective speech organs or impaired motor nerves. |
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Etymology - The word was coined by combining the Greek dys, bad, with lalia, a speaking. |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from 1878: "The latter [lalopathia] thus includes *dysarthrias (including dyslalias and dysphasias)." (Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. XIV. 613 ) |