Agitophasia

Pronunciation

• US IPA: en, /ˌæd͡ʒɪtoʊˈfeɪʒə/

Origin

From Latin agitō ("I put something in motion, drive, impel") + Ancient Greek φάσις ("utterance, statement, expression") en + - + ia.

Full definition of agitophasia

Noun

1. (pathology) A condition characterized by abnormally rapid speech in which words, sounds, or syllables are unconsciously omitted, slurred, or distorted.
• 1920, Good News for Stutterers and Other Defectives in Speech, Thousands of persons suffer from agitophasia in some degree. This, in fact, is the most common of speech defect.

Synonyms

• agitolalia

Related terms

• agitographia