alalia

From a- (“without”) +‎ -lalia (“speech”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈleɪliə/, /eɪˈleɪliə/

alalia (uncountable)

1. (medicine, obsolete) The loss of the ability to speak, especially due to paralysis of the vocal cords.
   • 1886, Edward P. Davis, “Disorders of Speech”, in William Pepper, Louis Starr, editors, A System of Practical Medicine, Volume 5, Lea Brothers & Co., page 569:

     A striking case of amnesic alalia was that of Lordat, a French physician, who thus described his malady: "I find myself deprived of the value of all words. […] "

2. (medicine) Speech delay, a delay in the development or use of the mechanisms that produce speech.
   • 2013, Jason Loviglio, Michele Hilmes, editors, Radio's New Wave, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), unnumbered page:

     The other major exception, characters with Down syndrome (a condition that often includes among its symptoms alalia, or speech delay), are usually played by actors with Down syndrome […] .

• alalic
• dyslalia
• paralalia

• aphasia
• aphemia
• aphonia
• dysarthria

Borrowed from Greek αλαλία (alalía).[1] By surface analysis, a- +‎ -lalia. First attested in the 20th c..[2]

• IPA^(key): /aˈla.lja/

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• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: a‧la‧lia

alalia f

1. (neurology) alalia

• alalia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: a‧la‧li‧a

alalia f (uncountable)

1. (medicine) alalia (loss of the ability to speak)