Thickness of utterance. ... Origin: pykno-+ G. Phrasis, speech ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(pik″no-fra´zhә) thickness of speech.
Type: Term Pronunciation: pik′nō-frā′zē-ă Definitions: 1. Thickness of speech.
pyknophrasia, pycnophrasia 1. An overall thickness, clumsiness, or heaviness of speech, often with slurring and articulatory imprecision. 2. The thickness of words uttered in speech.