Associations to the word «Dysarthria»

Wiktionary

DYSARTHRIA, noun. Difficulty in articulating words due to disturbance in the form or function of the structures that modulate voice into speech. One of first indicative symptoms of myasthenia gravis brought about by an auto-immune response to acetylcholine receptors.

Dictionary definition

DYSARTHRIA, noun. Impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature.

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan