dysarthria
noun
dysarthria is a noun meaning “Difficulty in articulating words due to a disturbance in the form or function of the structures that modulate voice into speech; one of the first…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-Y-S-A-R-T-H-R-I-A, and it appears about once in every 24 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of dysarthria is dysarthrias.
What does dysarthria mean?
noun
- 1
Difficulty in articulating words due to a disturbance in the form or function of the structures that modulate voice into speech; one of the first indicative symptoms of myasthenia gravis, brought about by an autoimmune response to acetylcholine receptors.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of dysarthria
- dysarthrias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is dysarthria?
Dysarthria appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Dysarthria in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense difficulty in articulating:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dysarthrie |
| German | Dysarthrie |
| Portuguese | disartria |
| Spanish | disartria |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dysarthria come from?
From international scientific vocabulary, from German Dysarthrie. By surface analysis, dys- + -arthria.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).