anarthria

[ an-ahr-three-uh ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. loss of articulate speech.

anarthria

/ ænˈɑːθrɪə /

noun

1. pathol loss of the ability to speak coherently

Other Words From

• an·ar·thric [an-, ahr, -thrik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of anarthria¹

1880–85; < New Latin, perhaps via German; an- ¹, arthr-, -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of anarthria¹

C19: New Latin, from Greek anarthros lacking vigour, from an- + arthros joint

Example Sentences

Chang and other scientists believed a person with anarthria — the inability to speak — still would be able to generate the same brain activity, but it wasn’t certain until his team succeeded.

From Seattle Times

Because the brain reorganizes over time, it wasn’t clear that speech production areas would give interpretable signals after more than 10 years of anarthria, notes Anne-Lise Giraud, a neuroscientist at the University of Geneva.

From Science Magazine

He admits that a lesion in the region of the lenticular nucleus is followed by inability to speak, but this defect is, in his opinion, to be regarded as an anarthria.

From Project Gutenberg

Then occurs dysarthria, and, if the path is totally impassable at any place, anarthria.

From Project Gutenberg

The participant had a stroke more than a decade ago that left him with anarthria—an inability to control the muscles involved in speech.

From Science Magazine