Medical Terminology / Unit 10 MedTerm 0613 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-phasia: Speech
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The idea
The suffix phasia names speech or the ability to produce language.
In practice
Dysphasia is difficulty producing speech.
Where people slip
Dysphagia is swallowing; dysphasia is speech. One letter separates two systems.
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