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anarthria

[ an-ahr-three-uh ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. loss of articulate speech.


anarthria

/ ænˈɑːθrɪə /

noun

  1. pathol loss of the ability to speak coherently


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Other Words From

  • an·ar·thric [an-, ahr, -thrik], adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of anarthria1

1880–85; < New Latin, perhaps via German; an- 1, arthr-, -ia

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Word History and Origins

Origin of anarthria1

C19: New Latin, from Greek anarthros lacking vigour, from an- + arthros joint

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Example Sentences

Then occurs dysarthria, and, if the path is totally impassable at any place, anarthria.

Motor aphasia is, he believes, nothing more than a combination of sensory aphasia and anarthria.

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An army marches on its stomachanarthrous