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noun
Difficulty in expressing ideas in speech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
impaired ability to express ideas verbally; usually resulting from difficulties of reasoning (as in feeblemindedness or certain psychoses)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: speech disorder, speech defect, defect of speech
History
From dys- + -logia.
