Aphasia \A*pha"si*a\, Aphasy \Aph"a*sy\, n. [NL. aphasia, Gr. ?,
fr. ? not spoken; 'a priv. + ? to speak: cf. F. aphasie.]
(Med.)
Loss of the power of speech, or of the appropriate use of
words, the vocal organs remaining intact, and the
intelligence being preserved. It is dependent on injury or
disease of the brain.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
aphasia
n : inability to use or understand language (spoken or written)
because of a brain lesion
WordNet (r) 2.0
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "aphasia":
anaudia, aphonia, aphrasia, deaf-muteness, dumbness, dysarthria,
dysphasia, echolalia, hysterical aphonia, imperfect speech,
inarticulateness, incoherence, jargon aphasia, loss of speech,
motor aphasia, muteness, mutism, paranomia, paraphasia,
psychophonasthenia, speech defect, speechlessness, tonguelessness,
verbigeration, voicelessness, wordlessness
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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