dysarthria

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)

1. (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 Spanish: disartria (es) f Swedish: dysartri c

See also

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