a.
Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. -- Stam·mer·ing·ly, adv.
Stam·mer·ing
n.
(Physiol.) A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is prevented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.




