different between aphasia vs dysarthria

English

Alternative forms

• aphasy (dated)

Etymology

From French aphasie, from Ancient Greek ?????? (aphasía), from ?????? (áphatos, “speechless”), from ?- (a-, “not”) + ????? (phásis, “speech”). Equivalent to a- +? -phasia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??fe?z??/, /??fe???/

Noun

aphasia (countable and uncountable, plural aphasias)

1. (pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, "The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin" in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 76:

     The Doctor came over in three minutes, and heard the story. ‘It's aphasia,’ he said.

Derived terms

Related terms

• monophasia

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See also

• specific language impairment
• word salad

English

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin dys- (“dysfunctional, impaired”) and arthr- (“joint, vocal articulation”), and -a (“used to form nouns”), from the three corresponding Greek forms.

Noun

dysarthria (countable and uncountable, plural dysarthrias)

1. Difficulty in articulating words due to disturbance in the form or function of the structures that modulate voice into speech; one of the first indicative symptoms of myasthenia gravis, brought about by an autoimmune response to acetylcholine receptors.

Related terms

• dysarthric (adjective)

See also

• dysphasia (language impairment due to cognitive problems rather than neuromuscular or other structural problems)

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