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
• 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)