dysarthria

English

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, from German Dysarthrie, from New Latin, using the combining forms dys- +‎ arthr- +‎ -ia.

Noun

dysarthria (countable and uncountable, plural dysarthrias)

(neurology, neuropsychology) 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.

Hyponyms

dysarthrophonia

Derived terms

dysarthric (adjective)

Related terms

dysarthrosis (different meaning, joints versus speech)

Translations

difficulty in articulating

Catalan: disàrtria f
Dutch: dysartrie (nl) f
Finnish: dysartria
French: dysarthrie (fr) f
Galician: disartria f
German: Dysarthrie (de) f
Greek: δυσαρθρία (el) f (dysarthría)
Italian: disartria f
Portuguese: disartria f
Romanian: disartrie (ro) f
Spanish: disartria (es) f
Swedish: dysartri c

See also

dysphasia (language impairment due to cognitive problems rather than neuromuscular or other structural problems)

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