Dysarthria

(dis-ar' -thre-ah). Impairment of the power of speech articulation, from disease of the medulla and pons. D. literal is. Synonym of Stammering. Toward the close of grave cases of the disease the stools may become watery, black (the so-called "me at washings"), and of an offensive gangrenous odor. Dysentery is prevalent in all malarious regions, and is also likely to occur among troops when the food is poor and irritating, and the drinking-water impure. D., Algid, that form characterized by great feeblene or absence of the pulse-beat, cyanosis, aphonia, suppre ion of urine, cold surface, and an early fatal i ue. D., Amebic, that in which the Ameba col i is found in the stools. D., Hemorrhagic, a gr?ve bowel-disease in India, marked by profuse hemorrhages from the bowels, with collapse. D., Sporadic, a mild type occurring in temperate climates. D., White, an epidemic variety, with mucopurulent stools. Dysepulotic (dis-ep-u-lot'-ik). Cicatrizing slowly and imperfectly. Dysesthesia (dis-es-the' -ze-ah). Dulne of any sensation, especially that of touch. 2. Painfulne of any sensation not normally painful. D. intern a, amnesia. D. receptiva, pain or distre felt in the vertex or occiput, often with a feeling " as if the head were being opened and shut." Dysgenesis. In biology, the second of Broca's four degrees of fecundity in the union of two species. Cf. Agenesis , Paragenesis, Eugene sis.