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paragammacism

paragammacism noun: inability to produce the sound /g/, gammacism.

Noun

paragammacism (uncountable)

  1. Inability to produce the sound /g/, gammacism.
    • Lisping, stuttering, stammering, lallation, nunnation and sigmatism, paragammacism and paralambdacism are but few of the locutory evils encountered, much too frequently in adolescents and adults. The fact that they are mostly amenable to treatment and may often be completely corrected, with proper...1910, Walter A. Wells, “The hygienic, economic and sociologic aspect of the throat”, in The Laryngoscope, volume 20, number 1, →DOI, pages 47–48

Origin of paragammacism

From para- + gammacism.

Questions about paragammacism

What does paragammacism mean?
Paragammacism means inability to produce the sound /g/, gammacism.
What part of speech is paragammacism?
Paragammacism is a noun.

Words near paragammacism in the dictionary

  1. parafunctions
  2. Parag
  3. paragade
  4. paragalactan
  5. Paragamian
  6. paragammacism
  7. paraganglia
  8. paraganglial
  9. paraganglioma
  10. paragangliomas
  11. paragangliomata

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