Etymology

dysarthria

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

German Dysarthrie
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  1. German · borrowed fromDysarthrie
  2. English todaydysarthria

From international scientific vocabulary, from German Dysarthrie. By surface analysis, dys- + -arthria.

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