apraxia
pronunciation
How to pronounce apraxia in British English:
UK [eɪ'præksɪə]
How to pronounce apraxia in American English:
US [eɪ'præksɪr]
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- Noun:
- inability to make purposeful movements
Word Origin
- apraxia (n.)
- 1877, medical Latin, from German apraxie (H. Steinthal, 1871), from Greek apraxia "inaction," from privative prefix a- (see a- (3)) + praxis "a doing, action, business" (see praxis) + abstract noun ending -ia.
Example
- 1. Respiratory apraxia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis .
- 2. Apraxia is a collective term used to describe impairment in carrying out purposeful movements .
- 3. Apraxia is one of the more common neurological disorders found in the speech clinic .