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ALALIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alalia mean? 

ALALIA (noun)
  The noun ALALIA has 1 sense:

1. paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speakplay

  Familiarity information: ALALIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALALIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("alalia" is a kind of...):

palsy; paralysis (loss of the ability to move a body part)


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