agitophasia

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæd͡ʒɪtoʊˈfeɪʒə/

Noun

agitophasia (uncountable)

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”, in American Magazine, volume 90, page 177:

     Thousands of persons suffer from agitophasia in some degree. This, in fact, is the most common of speech defect.

Synonyms

• agitolalia

Related terms

• agitographia