Definition of aphasia
: loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage
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Recent Examples of aphasia from the Web
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Now, afflicted with primary progressive aphasia, a type of degenerative dementia, Ms. Zausner can no longer prepare lobster in Champagne sauce from L’Auberge de L’Ill or salmon in sorrel sauce from Jean Troisgros.
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In this curious form of aphasia, the subject is unable to distinguish between a discussion and a contest.
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Origin and Etymology of aphasia
New Latin, from Greek, from a- + -phasia
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aphasia
playMedical Definition of aphasia
: loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage—see motor aphasia; compare amusia, anarthria
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