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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats