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dysprosody

dysprosody noun: a disorder in which one or more of the prosodic functions of speech are compromised or eliminated completely.

Noun

dysprosody (countable and uncountable, plural dysprosodies)

  1. A disorder in which one or more of the prosodic functions of speech are compromised or eliminated completely.

Forms of dysprosody

pluraldysprosodies

Origin of dysprosody

From dys- + prosody.

Questions about dysprosody

What does dysprosody mean?
Dysprosody means a disorder in which one or more of the prosodic functions of speech are compromised or eliminated completely.
What part of speech is dysprosody?
Dysprosody is a noun.
What is the plural of dysprosody?
The plural of dysprosody is dysprosodies.

Words near dysprosody in the dictionary

  1. dysprosian
  2. dysprosium
  3. dysprosodia
  4. dysprosodias
  5. dysprosodies
  6. dysprosody
  7. dysproteinaemia
  8. dysproteinaemias
  9. dysproteinaemic
  10. dysproteinemia
  11. dysproteinemias

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