tachylalia

logorrhea

 [log″o-re´ah]

excessive volubility, with rapid, pressured speech, as in manic episodes of bipolar disorder and some cases of schizophrenia. Called also lalorrhea, pressured speech, tachylalia, and tachyphasia.

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tachylalia

Extreme rapidity of speech. Tachylalia may occur in cluttered speech, in parkinsonism and in those with speech disorders; it is not considered a speech disorder on its own.

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