English Dictionary

foreign accent syndrome

名詞

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(medicine, psychology, neurology) An extremely rare disorder, which may be temporary or permanent, in which a person who has suffered a stroke or other brain trauma recovers but subsequently speaks with a seemingly foreign accent.

日本語の意味

医学、心理学、神経学の分野で使われる用語で、脳卒中や脳外傷などの後、一度回復しても、突然外国人のようなアクセントで話し始める極めてまれな症候群を指します。

After his stroke, he developed foreign accent syndrome and his family struggled to recognize the voice they knew.

脳卒中の後、彼は外国語アクセント症候群という、脳損傷から回復した人がのちにまるで外国人のような訛りで話す極めてまれな神経学的障害を発症し、家族は見慣れた声だと認識するのに苦労した。

意味（1）

(medicine, psychology, neurology) An extremely rare disorder, which may be temporary or permanent, in which a person who has suffered a stroke or other brain trauma recovers but subsequently speaks with a seemingly foreign accent.

A Baltimore man suddenly began speaking with a Scandinavian accent after suffering a stroke. . . . The man had foreign accent syndrome, a rare condition in which a brain malfunction produces speech alterations that sound like a foreign accent.

foreign accent syndromes （ plural ）