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my·ta·cism (miґtə-siz-əm) [Gr. mytakismos] a speech disorder consisting of too free use of m sounds; called also mimmation and mutacism.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Mytacism — My ta*cism, n. [Gr. ?. Cf. {Metacism}.] Too frequent use of the letter m, or of the sound represented by it. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mytacism — noun a) excessive or incorrect use of the letter M b) replacing consonants with an m sound in speech … Wiktionary
mytacism — my·ta·cism … English syllables
mytacism — The incorrect or excessive use of the letter M … Grandiloquent dictionary
mytacism — ˈmīd.əˌsizəm noun ( s) Etymology: Greek mytakismos, irregular from my mu (the letter) + ismos ism : excessive or wrong use of the letter m or of the sound it represents (as in writing or in defective speech) … Useful english dictionary
mutacism — SYN: mytacism. * * * mu·ta·cism (muґtə siz əm) mytacism … Medical dictionary
Mutacism — Mu ta*cism, n. See {Mytacism}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mimmation — A form of stammering in which the m sound is given to various letters. [Ar. mim, the letter m] * * * mim·ma·tion (mĭ maґshən) mytacism … Medical dictionary
corruption — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abandonment, abjection, abomination, abuse of terms, acrostic, adulteration, alienation, amphibologism, amphiboly, anagram, antiphrasis, atrocity, bad, bane, barbarism, bastardizing, befouling, befoulment,… … Moby Thesaurus
mispronunciation — Synonyms and related words: Irish bull, anacoluthon, bull, cacoepy, cacology, catachresis, corruption, fluff, folk etymology, gammacism, grammatical error, hypercorrection, hyperform, lambdacism, malaprop, malapropism, marrowsky, missaying,… … Moby Thesaurus
