par·a·pha·sia
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Medical Definition of paraphasia
: aphasia in which the patient uses wrong words or uses words or sounds in senseless combinations
— called also paragrammatism
Other Words from paraphasia
paraphasic
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adjective
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adjective
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“Paraphasia.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/paraphasia. Accessed 25 Jul. 2021.
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