anarthria

American  

[an-ahr-three-uh] / ænˈɑr θri ə /

noun

Pathology.

1. loss of articulate speech.

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anarthria British  

/ ænˈɑːθrɪə /

noun

1. pathol loss of the ability to speak coherently

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Other Word Forms

• anarthric adjective

Etymology

Origin of anarthria

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

Example Sentences

Chang and other scientists believed a person with anarthria — the inability to speak — still would be able to generate the same brain activity, but it wasn’t certain until his team succeeded.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2021

Because the brain reorganizes over time, it wasn’t clear that speech production areas would give interpretable signals after more than 10 years of anarthria, notes Anne-Lise Giraud, a neuroscientist at the University of Geneva.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 14, 2021

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

From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by Preyer, William T.

He admits that a lesion in the region of the lenticular nucleus is followed by inability to speak, but this defect is, in his opinion, to be regarded as an anarthria.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various