| SP | sacroposterior; sacrum to pubis; salivary progesterone; schizotypal personality; semi-private [room]... |
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| SSD | shaded surface display; single saturating dose; Social Security disability; source-skin distance; so... |
| ST | esotropia; scala tympani; scaphotrapezoid; sclerotherapy; sedimentation time; semitendinosus; sensor... |
| speech therapist | <specialist> An individual trained to assist patients in restoring speech and communication functions. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| staccato speech | An abrupt utterance, each syllable being enunciated separately; noted especially in multiple sclerosis. Synonym: syllabic speech. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subvocal speech | Slight movements of the muscles of speech related to thinking but producing no sound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| syllabic speech | An abrupt utterance, each syllable being enunciated separately; noted especially in multiple sclerosis. Synonym: syllabic speech. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophageal speech | Speech produced with air trapped in the oesophagus and forced out again. (12 Dec 1998) |
| echo speech | A disorder of speech where there is an involuntary repetition several times of the same word. (27 Sep 1997) |
| tracheoesophageal speech | A form of alaryngeal speech obtained by a surgical technique which creates a shunt between trachea and oesophagus, allowing pulmonary air to generate upper oesophageal and pharyngeal mucosal vibrations as a substitute for vocal cord vibrations when the larynx is surgically removed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| explosive speech | Loud, sudden speech related to injury of the nervous system. Synonym: logospasm. (05 Mar 2000) |