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dysfluency

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dys⋅flu⋅en⋅cy

[dis-floo-uhn-see]
–noun, plural -cies.
disfluency.

Origin:
by confusion of dys- with dis- 1

dis⋅flu⋅en⋅cy

[dis-floo-uhn-see]
–noun, plural -cies for 2.
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.


Origin:
1975–80; dis- 1 + fluency
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