Alalia

A`la´li`a

n.

1.

(Med.) Inability to utter articulate sounds, due either to paralysis of the larynx or to that form of aphasia, called motor, or ataxis, aphasia, due to loss of control of the muscles of speech.

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Noun

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alalia - paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak palsy, paralysis - loss of the ability to move a body part