tachylalia


logorrhea

 [log″o-re´ah] excessive volubility, with rapid, pressured speech, as in manic episodes of bipolar disorder and some cases of schizophrenia. Called also lalorrhea, pressured speech, tachylalia, and tachyphasia.

tachylalia

Extreme rapidity of speech. Tachylalia may occur in cluttered speech, in parkinsonism and in those with speech disorders; it is not considered a speech disorder on its own.

tachylalia

(tăk″ē-lā′lē-ă) [″ + lalein, to speak] Rapid speech.