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amimia

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a⋅mim⋅i⋅a

  [ey-mim-ee-uh]
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–noun Medicine/Medical.
the inability to express ideas by means of gestures or signs.
Origin:
< NL, equiv. to a- a- 6 + Gk mîm(os) actor, mimic + -ia -ia
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Main Entry: amim·ia
Pronunciation: (')A-'mim-E-&
Function: noun
1 : loss or impairment of the power of communicating thought by gestures,due to cerebral disease or injury
2 : loss of the power to give facial expression to emotion (as in a smile) because of paralysis of the facial muscles
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amimia a·mim·i·a (ā-mĭm'ē-ə, ə-mĭm'-)
n.
Loss of the ability to imitate or to communicate by gestures or signs.

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