Aphasia

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aphasia
       n : inability to use or understand language (spoken or written)
           because of a brain lesion

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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