Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, aphasia, in its general sense; specifically— ataxic aphasia; anarthria. See
aphasia and anarthria, 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.
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- noun
aphasia
Etymologies
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From Greek α (without) and φημη (speech).
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whichbe commented on the word aphemia
Loss of power of articulate speech; motor aphasia. (Luciferous Logolepsy)
May 16, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word aphemia
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: telegraph shorthand for the phrase "Can you secure the appointment?".
January 20, 2013