STAMMERING
\stˈaməɹɪŋ], \stˈaməɹɪŋ], \s_t_ˈa_m_ə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of STAMMERING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is preented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.
By Oddity Software
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A speech disorder characterized by (1) hesitation and repetition of words, or (2) mispronunciation or transposition of certain consonants, especially l, r, and s. Lisping, lalling, rhotacism, and idioglossia are varieties of the second form of stammering.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Hesitation in speaking; impediment in speech ; stutter.
