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disfluency

or dys·flu·en·cy

[ dis-floo-uhn-see ]

noun

, plural dis·flu·en·cies
  1. Pathology. impairment of the ability to produce smooth, fluent speech.
  2. an interruption in the smooth flow of speech, as by a pause or the repetition of a word or syllable.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of disfluency1

First recorded in 1975–80; dis- 1 + fluency ( def )

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