alalia

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun alalia has 1 sense

alalia(n = noun.state) - paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak;

CIDE DICTIONARY

alalia, n. [NL., fr. Gr. priv. + a talking; cf. speechless.].

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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]