agitophasia

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin agitō (I put something in motion, drive, impel) + Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, utterance, statement, expression) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæd͡ʒɪtoʊˈfeɪʒə/

Noun

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agitophasia (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) A condition characterized by abnormally rapid speech in which words, sounds, or syllables are unconsciously omitted, slurred, or distorted.
    • 1920, “Good News for Stutterers and Other Defectives in Speech”, in American Magazine, volume 90, page 177:
      Thousands of persons suffer from agitophasia in some degree. This, in fact, is the most common of speech defect.

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