DYSARTHRIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dysarthria mean? 

• DYSARTHRIA (noun)
  The noun DYSARTHRIA has 1 sense:

1. impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYSARTHRIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

defect of speech; speech defect; speech disorder (a disorder of oral speech)

 Context examples 

Signs and symptoms include progressive ataxia, dysarthria, and nystagmus.

(Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include progressive motor disturbances, muscle spasm and rigidity, dysarthria, mental deterioration, and behavioral changes.

(Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical signs include dizziness, headache, vomiting, hemiparesis or hemiplegia, dysarthria, dysphagia, blurred vision and loss of consciousness.

(Basilar Artery Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A subtype of cerebral palsy characterized by involuntary, purposeless writhing movements which affect the hands, feet, arms, and legs; the face and tongue may be affected as well, leading to involuntary grimacing, drooling, dysarthria and difficulty eating.

(Athetoid Cerebral Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)