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secondary stuttering

dysfluency in speech characterized by uncomfortable awareness of and attempts to modify the dysfluency. Effort, fear, and anxiety are typically conveyed through abnormal or unusual movements of the face, head, or body (e.g., tics, blinking, lip tremor, head jerks, fist clenching). Compare primary stuttering.

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