吃きつ音おん

noun

stuttering; stammering

Medical and everyday term for a speech disfluency. 吃音 is the formal term; どもり is a more colloquial alternative.

• 彼かれは吃きつ音おんの治ち療りょうを受うけている。

  He is receiving treatment for stuttering.

• 吃きつ音おんは幼よう児じ期きに発はっ症しょうすることが多おおい。

  Stuttering often develops in early childhood.