mogilalia

mog·i·la·li·a

[moj-uh-ley-lee-uh, -leyl-yuh]
noun
any speech defect, as stuttering or stammering.
Also, molilalia.


Origin:
1875–80; < Greek mogilál(os) hardly talking (mógi(s) with difficulty + lálos babbling) + -ia -ia

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