logorrhoea

logorrhoea
n.
a rapid flow of voluble speech, often with incoherence, such as is encountered in mania.

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  • Logorrhoea — or logorrhea may refer to: Logorrhoea, a synonym of verbosity Logorrhea (psychology), a communication disorder resulting in incoherent talkativeness This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …   Wikipedia

  • logorrhoea — noun a) An excessive and often uncontrollable flow of words. b) Excessive talkativeness. Syn: verbal diarrhea, verbal diarrhoea …   Wiktionary

  • logorrhoea — [ˌlɒgə rɪə] (US logorrhea) noun a tendency to extreme loquacity. Derivatives logorrhoeic adjective Origin early 20th cent.: from Gk logos word + rhoia flow …   English new terms dictionary

  • logorrhoea — n. a rapid flow of voluble speech, often with incoherence, such as is encountered in mania …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • logorrhoea — /lɒgəˈriə/ (say loguh reeuh) noun 1. a mental disorder characterised by excessive, and sometimes incoherent, talking. 2. Colloquial excessive talkativeness. Also, logorrhea. {logo + rrh(o)ea} Usage: See note at oe …  

  • logorrhoea —   n. excessive or incoherent talking …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • logorrhoea — n. (US logorrhea) an excessive flow of words esp. in mental illness. Etymology: Gk logos word + rhoia flow …   Useful english dictionary

  • Логорея (Logorrhoea) — неудержимая, часто бессвязная речь, нередко наблюдающаяся у больных манией. Источник: Медицинский словарь …   Медицинские термины

  • логорея — (logorrhoea; лого + греч. rhoia течение, истечение; син.: полифразия, речевое недержание) неудержимость речи больного, сочетающаяся с ее быстротой и многословием …   Большой медицинский словарь

  • речевое недержание — (logorrhoea) см. Логорея …   Большой медицинский словарь

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