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aphasia
[ uh-fey-zhuh ]
noun
- an impairment of a previously held ability to produce or understand spoken, written, or signed language, due to disease or injury of the brain.
aphasia
/ ə-fā′zhə /
- Partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from damage to the brain that is caused by injury or disease.
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Derived Forms
- aˈphasiˌac, adjectivenoun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of aphasia1
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Example Sentences
Still, she suffered from aphasia, finding it difficult to speak, read and write.
Meantime the doctor reported that my suspicion as to aphasia was right.
Paralysis was followed by aphasia, and after acute pain, followed by a long period of apathy, death relieved him in October 1745.
What we suffer from most,” said the spectre, when I had partly recovered from my fright, “is a kind of aphasia.
All impairment of speech is called Aphasia, and it is called Motor Aphasia when the apparatus is damaged on the side of movement.
The disease called aphasia, in which people begin by saying tea when they mean coffee, commonly ends in their silence.
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