Cacoglossia

/kækoʊˈɡlɔːʃə/ noun

Definition

A condition of poor or improper use of the tongue; bad or clumsy speech resulting from tongue problems.

Etymology

From Greek kakos (bad) and glossa (tongue), with the medical suffix -ia. It refers to physical or functional problems with the tongue affecting speech.

Kelly Says

In medical records from the 1800s, doctors used 'cacoglossia' to describe everything from tongue paralysis to stuttering—they were trying to give fancy names to conditions we now understand much better.

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