noun
- difficulty in articulating words due to weakness or incoordination of the muscles used in speech, often caused by neurological damage or disease.
Usage: medical term; commonly associated with stroke, cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological conditions
Examples
- After the stroke, the patient developed dysarthria and required speech therapy.
- Dysarthria can make it difficult for people to be understood when they speak.
- The neurologist diagnosed dysarthria as a symptom of the patient's Parkinson's disease.
- Children with cerebral palsy may experience dysarthria affecting their speech clarity.
- Speech-language pathologists specialize in treating dysarthria and other communication disorders.