Associations to the word «Alalia»

Wiktionary

ALALIA, noun. (medicine) The loss of the ability to speak, especially due to paralysis of the vocal cords

Dictionary definition

ALALIA, noun. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne