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cataphasia

cataphasia noun: a speech defect characterised by repetition of individual words.

Noun

cataphasia (uncountable)

  1. A speech defect characterised by repetition of individual words.

Origin of cataphasia

From cata- + -phasia.

Words formed from cataphasia

Questions about cataphasia

What does cataphasia mean?
Cataphasia means a speech defect characterised by repetition of individual words.
What part of speech is cataphasia?
Cataphasia is a noun.

Words near cataphasia in the dictionary

  1. catapasm
  2. catapasms
  3. catapeltic
  4. catapeltics
  5. catapetalous
  6. cataphasia
  7. cataphasis
  8. cataphatic
  9. cataphatically
  10. cataphile
  11. cataphiles

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