lalopathy

plural lalopathies

1. raremedicineAny speech disorder.

   Stammering. stuttering, ap[h]thongia, spasmodic hesitation. and “nervous speech” belong to the domain of lalopathy.

   1913 October 4, Frank Augustus Bryant, “Stuttering and its treatment”, in Medical Record, volume 84, page 615

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   Conversely a correct thought may be defectively expressed, but as soon as the formation of thoughts is disturbed it becomes a question of dyslogia and logopathy, or, as some would say, of logoneurosis, since every movement of thought takes place through the nerve-substance. The two ideas of logoneurosis and lalopathy consequently do not cover each other.

   1877, Hugo Ziemssen, Albert Henry Buck, George Livingston Peabody, Cyclopædia of the Practice of Medicine - Volume 14, page 613

   As for the symptom of brain metastasis, dyskinesia showed the highest incidence, being seen in 5 cases (56%), followed by headache, nausea, lalopathy, dysopia and aystaria.

   1943, Géza Róheim, The origin and function of culture, page 231

   Myasthenoid syndrome (somnolence, hypotonia, ataxy, lalopathy) due to acute intentional poisoning with 0.250g of Diazepan was observed in a child.

   1974, Psychopharmacology Abstracts, page 697