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ʒənoun Pathology.
the loss of a previously held ability to speak or understand spoken or written language, due to disease or injury of the brain.
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Aphasia
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Example Sentences
- Apraxia may be occur with a language disorder called aphasia.
- Aphasia is a communications disorder which does not effect intelligence.
- Cynthia had been ill for some years with primary progressive aphasia.
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World English Dictionary
| aphasia (əˈfeɪzɪə) | |
| —n | |
| Compare alexia a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by partial or total loss of the ability to communicate, esp in speech or writing | |
| [C19: via New Latin from Greek, from | |
| a'phasiac | |
| —adj, —n | |
| a'phasic | |
| —adj, —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
aphasia
"loss of ability to speak," especially as result of brain injury or disorder, 1867, from Mod.L. aphasia, from Gk. a- "without" + phasis "utterance," from phanai "to speak," related to pheme "voice, report, rumor" (see fame). Aphasic is attested from 1868 as a noun, 1892 as an adj.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
aphasia a·pha·sia (ə-fā'zhə)
n.
Partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from brain damage due to injury or disease. Also called logagnosia, logamnesia, logasthenia.
a·pha'si·ac' (-zē-āk') n.
a·pha'sic (-zĭk, -sĭk) adj. & n.
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Science Dictionary
aphasia  (ə-fā'zhə) Pronunciation Key
Partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from damage to the brain caused by injury or disease. |
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