aphasia
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ʒə noun 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 (əˈfeɪzɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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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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Example sentences
Speech disorders caused by brain damage are lumped under the umbrella term aphasia.
Apraxia may be occur with a language disorder called aphasia.
Transient name-aphasia is a known problem as people get older.
It was merely a matter of lining up the two in sync, making a match between my pall-mall thought and aphasia.
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