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paralalia
Updated on 04/19/2018
n.
a speech disorder or disturbance that involves the substitution of one speech sound for another (e.g., saying “wabbit” for
rabbit
or “lellow” for
yellow
). See also
lalling
.
a rarely used term for speech disorders generally.
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