Category:Stammering

Stam"mer*ing, a.

Defn: apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. -- stam"mer*ing*ly, adv.

Stammering Stam"mer*ing, n. (physiol.)

Defn: a disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially To long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which Expiration is preented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic Inspiration.