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paraphasia

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Main Entry: par·a·pha·sia
Pronunciation: -'fA-zh(E-)&
Function: noun
: aphasia in which the patient uses wrong words or uses wordsor sounds in senseless combinations called also paragrammatism —par·a·pha·sic /-'fA-zik/ adjective
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paraphasia par·a·pha·sia (pār'ə-fā'zhə) or par·a·phra·si·a (-frā'zē-ə, -zhə)
n.
Aphasia in which one loses the power of speaking correctly, substitutes one word for another, and jumbles words and sentences in such a way as to make speech unintelligible. Also called paragrammatism.

par'a·pha'sic (-fā'zĭk) adj.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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