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/əˈleɪliə/ · noun
(medicine, obsolete) The loss of the ability to speak, especially due to paralysis of the vocal cords..
A striking case of amnesic alalia was that of Lordat, a French physician, who thus described his malady: "I find myself deprived of the value of all words.[…]"
The other major exception, characters with Down syndrome (a condition that often includes among its symptoms alalia, or speech delay), are usually played by actors with Down syndrome[…].
Use alalia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Alalia means (medicine, obsolete) The loss of the ability to speak, especially due to paralysis of the vocal cords..
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A striking case of amnesic alalia was that of Lordat, a French physician, who thus described his malady: "I find myself deprived of the value of all words.[…]"
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