defect of speech
English Thesaurus
1. a disorder of oral speech (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | disorder, upset, |
| definition | : | a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | anarthria, |
| definition | : | partial or total loss of articulate speech resulting from lesions of the central nervous system (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | aphonia, voicelessness, |
| definition | : | a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | cataphasia, |
| definition | : | a speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several times in succession (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | dysarthria, |
| definition | : | impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | dyslogia, |
| definition | : | impaired ability to express ideas verbally; usually resulting from difficulties of reasoning (as in feeblemindedness or certain psychoses) (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | dysphonia, |
| definition | : | speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | lallation, |
| definition | : | defective articulation of the `l' phoneme or the phoneme `r' is pronounced as `l' (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | lambdacism, |
| definition | : | speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme `l' (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | lisp, |
| definition | : | a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th' (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | stammer, stutter, |
| definition | : | a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds (noun.state) |
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