slurred speech

collocation in English

meaningsofslurandspeech

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slur
noun
uk
/slɜːr/us
/slɝː/
a remark that criticizes someone and is likely to have a harmful effect on ...
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speech
noun
uk
/spiːtʃ/us
/spiːtʃ/
the ability to talk, the activity of talking, or a piece of ...
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(Definition ofslurandspeechfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofslurred speech

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Before this happened, and despiteslurredspeech, he could be understood by people who knew him well, dictate scientific papers to a secretary, and give seminars through an interpreter.
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For 3 weeks, he hadslurredspeechand weakness of the left arm and, less evidently, the leg.
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Other examples include prescription of hypnotics with long half-lives which can cause drowsiness, confusion, unsteady gait and occasionallyslurredspeech.
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The inability to smile orslurredspeechare often diagnosed as depression, neurosis or stress.
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Deterioration in the patients' condition means that they display initial problems of balance andslurredspeech.
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His description of the symptoms include a steady loss of skill, deterioration of habits, a fatuous complacency,slurredspeechand a mask like face.
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Those signs includeslurredspeech, loss of balance and breath smelling of alcoholic drink.
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A loss of limb control and co-ordination,slurredspeechand mental illness characterise those conditions.
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Those signs includeslurredspeech, loss of balance and breath smelling of alcohol drink.
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Unsteadiness,slurredspeechor other signs similar to drunkenness.
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Unsteadiness,slurredspeechor other signs similar to drunkeness.
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Bosses sacked him, assuming, from his behaviour andslurredspeech, that he was drunk.
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He has aslurredspeech, he babbles, and that perhaps due to his suppressed upbringing.
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Through rehabilitation, he eventually regained most of his capabilities, although symptoms like tremors and a permanentlyslurredspeech.
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Symptoms such asslurredspeechand loss of balance were misinterpreted by the public and the media as a sign of drunkenness.
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He described his symptoms at that time asslurredspeech, making him sound inebriated.
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Patients with a more advanced infection have been known to complain of many different neurological effects such as dizziness, vertigo, confusion, andslurredspeech.
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It usually presents with clumsiness, fatigability, unsteady gait, slow orslurredspeech, dysphagia, involuntary movements or muscle cramping.
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At higher doses it may result inslurredspeech, staggering gait, poor judgment, and slow, uncertain reflexes.
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As a result, his performance was marred byslurredspeech, and slower timing.
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