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Definition of Stammering

1. a. Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering.

2. n. A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is preented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.

Definition of Stammering

1. Noun. the act of stammering ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of stammer) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stammering

1. stammer [v] - See also: stammer

Medical Definition of Stammering

1. A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is preented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stammering

Literary usage of Stammering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1896)
"To amputate the uvula or excise the tongue in every case of stammering would be, ... To what extent his stammering was the cause of these symptoms, ..."

2. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"In the early stages of the stammering spontaneously, seemingly without ... I mean cases of stammering which seem to have skipped one or more generations. ..."

3. Fundamentals of Child Study: A Discussion of Instincts and Other Factors in by Edwin Asbury Kirkpatrick (1903)
"stammering is want of proper control of the muscles of speech so that words ... Stuttering and stammering are caused by lack of proper harmony as to amount ..."

4. Fundamentals of Child Study: A Discussion of Instincts and Other Factors in by Edwin Asbury Kirkpatrick (1907)
"stammering is want of proper control of the muscles of speech so that words ... Stuttering and stammering are caused by lack of proper harmony as to amount ..."

5. Fundamentals of Child Study: A Discussion of Instincts and Other Factors in by Edwin Asbury Kirkpatrick (1907)
"stammering is want of proper control of the muscles of speech so that words ... Stuttering and stammering are caused by lack of proper harmony as to amount ..."

6. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"stammering is an affection of the vocal and enunciative organs, causing a hesitancy ... A nervous dread of speaking is usually associated with stammering; ..."

7. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1862)
"stammering, a term generally applied to oil kinds of defective utterance ; a more ... Both stammering and stuttering may nevertheless be treated nuder the ..."

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