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CATAPHASIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cataphasia mean?
• CATAPHASIA (noun)
The noun CATAPHASIA has 1 sense:
1. a speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several times in succession
Familiarity information: CATAPHASIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several times in succession
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("cataphasia" is a kind of...):
defect of speech; speech defect; speech disorder (a disorder of oral speech)
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