circumstantial speech
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Speech in which there are tightly linked associations, interspersed with nonessential associations, taking a circuitous route before reaching its goal
Aetiology Bipolardisorder, organic brain diseaseSegen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
circumstantial speech
Neurology Speech in which there are tightly linked associations, interspersed with nonessential associations, thus taking a circuitous route before reaching its goal Etiology Bipolar–manic-depressive disorder, organic brain disease. Cf Tangentiality. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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