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glossolalia /glos·so·la·lia/ (glos″o-la´le-ah) gibberish that simulates coherent speech.

glos·so·la·li·a (glô

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Fabricated, nonmeaningful speech, especially associated with trances or certain schizophrenic syndromes.

glossolalia

[glos′ōlā′lyə]

Etymology: Gk, glossa + lalein, to babble

speech in an unknown "language," as in "speaking in tongues" during a state of religious ecstasy when the message being transmitted through the speaker is believed to be a message from a celestial spirit or from God.

glossolalia [glos″o-la´le-ah]

gibberish that simulates coherent speech.

glossolalia

Psychiatry Gibberish, 'speaking in tongues'

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