Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Pathol., the loss of the power of forming or understanding any sign or symbol of thought, whether spoken, written, or acted. Also called asymbolia.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) Loss of power to express, or to understand, symbols or signs of thought.

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  • Some brains are essentially blind

    To statements of figurative kind.

    To say that asemia

    Is mental anemia

    Would baffle the literal mind.

    November 11, 2017