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dyspraxia
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dyspraxia [dɪsˈpræksɪə]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol an impairment in the control of the motor system; it may be developmental or acquired, resulting from a cerebral lesion
[dys- + prax(is) + -ia]
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dyspraxia [dɪsˈpræksiə] ndyspraxie f


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This can manifest itself in verbal dyspraxia, which means that someone cannot have control over their speech organs, they cannot enunciate and make speech sounds effectively, there have plenty of trouble forming words and stringing them into sentences, they have trouble breathing and in some rare cases, eating as well.
Developmental verbal dyspraxia is more common in children and it appears normally in many difficulties which are associated with phonics, speech control and linguistic abilities.
 
 
 
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