articulatory system
- noun
- /ɑrˈtɪkjʊˌleɪtəri ˈsɪstəm/
- Specialized
:
sistema articulatorio
- Damage to the articulatory system can cause significant problems with movement and flexibility.
Examples
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Medical students study the articulatory system in detail to understand joint disorders.
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Yoga and stretching exercises help maintain a healthy articulatory system.
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The articulatory system is essential for speech production.
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She studied the human articulatory system in her biology class.
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Medical students study the articulatory system in detail to understand joint disorders.
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Damage to the articulatory system can cause significant problems with movement and flexibility.
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Yoga and stretching exercises help maintain a healthy articulatory system.
How Flexible
- Specialized
1
3.9
- Specialized
1
3.8
100
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
articulatory + system
The headword 'system' is transparent, but 'articulatory' is a low-frequency derived adjective (from 'articulate' + -ory) whose precise domain-specific sense (relating to speech organs or to anatomical joints) is not obvious to a B1 learner. Because a learner who knows the root could infer a general meaning 'relating to articulation' but would likely lack the specific technical interpretation without extra exposure, the expression is partly predictable but not fully transparent.
Etymology
The noun articulatory system comes from a word meaning 'joint' and gives a simple picture: imagine the body as many doors with hinges where bones meet. So the articulatory system is the group of joints and parts that let the body move.