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cataphasia

cataphasia Cataphasia is a historical term for a severe deterioration of speech, usually associated with serious nervous disease, in which a person repeatedly says the same word or phrase.

Cataphasia is a historical term for a severe deterioration of speech, usually associated with serious nervous disease, in which a person repeatedly says the same word or phrase. It was also used for markedly reduced sentence formation, with childlike, minimally grammatical speech and frequent repetition.