"aphasia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈfeɪzɪə/, /əˈfeɪʒə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-aphasia.wav Forms: aphasias [plural]
Etymology: From French aphasie, from Ancient Greek ἀφασία (aphasía), from ἄφατος (áphatos, “speechless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + φάσις (phásis, “speech”). Equivalent to a- + -phasia. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|id=speak}}, {{der|en|fr|aphasie}} French aphasie, {{der|en|grc|ἀφασία}} Ancient Greek ἀφασία (aphasía), {{affix|en|a-<id:not>|-phasia}} a- + -phasia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} aphasia (countable and uncountable, plural aphasias)
  1. (pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia. Wikipedia link: aphasia Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pathology Synonyms: aphasy [dated] Related terms: monophasia, auditory processing disorder (alt: APD), specific language impairment, word salad Translations (pathological speech disorder): karruc (Afar), spraakverlies (Afrikaans), afasie (Afrikaans), անխոսություն (anxosutʻyun) (Armenian), աֆազիա (afazia) (Armenian), afàsia [feminine] (Catalan), 失語症 (Chinese Mandarin), 失语症 (shīyǔzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), afázie [feminine] (Czech), afasi [common-gender] (Danish), afasie [feminine] (Dutch), afazio (Esperanto), afaasia (Estonian), málloysi [neuter] (Faroese), afasia (Finnish), aphasie [feminine] (French), afasia [feminine] (Galician), აფაზია (apazia) (Georgian), Aphasie [feminine] (German), αφασία (afasía) [feminine] (Greek), afázia (Hungarian), málstol [neuter] (Icelandic), afazio (Ido), aphasia (Interlingua), afáise [feminine] (Irish), afasia [feminine] (Italian), afemia [feminine] (Italian), 失語症 (shitsugoshō) (alt: しつごしょう) (Japanese), 실어증 (sireojeung) (alt: 失語症) (Korean), afasi [masculine] (Norwegian), afazja [feminine] (Polish), afasia [feminine] (Portuguese), афа́зия (afázija) [feminine] (Russian), afasia [feminine] (Spanish), afasi (Swedish), á khẩu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-aphasia-en-noun-4lYv75ZY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a- (not), English terms suffixed with -phasia, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afar translations, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Derived forms: agrammatic aphasia, aphasiac, aphasic, aphasiology, Broca's aphasia, expressive aphasia, jargonaphasia, jargon aphasia, motor aphasia, paraphasia, receptive aphasia, Wernicke's aphasia

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          "text": "The very disease aphasia is to most of us a new one; and we venture to say that even yet no one can give a satisfactory definition of Trousseau's new term.",
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          "text": "Of one form of aphasia we have an accurate description by Van Swieten, in his chapter on apoplexia:―\"Vidi plures, qui ab apoplexiâ curati omnibus functionibus cerebri recte valebant, nisi quod deesset, hoc unicum, quod non possent vera rebus designandis vocabula invenire.\"",
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          "ref": "1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 76:",
          "text": "The Doctor came over in three minutes, and heard the story. ‘It's aphasia,’ he said.",
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          "ref": "2022 March 30, Maya Salam, “Bruce Willis Has Aphasia and Is ‘Stepping Away’ From His Career”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Bruce Willis, the prolific action-movie star, has been diagnosed with aphasia — a disorder that affects the brain’s language center and a person’s ability to understand or express speech — and will step away from acting, his ex-wife, Demi Moore, announced in an Instagram post on Wednesday.",
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      "sense": "pathological speech disorder",
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      "word": "málstol"
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      "sense": "pathological speech disorder",
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      "sense": "pathological speech disorder",
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      "sense": "pathological speech disorder",
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      "code": "it",
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      "alt": "失語症",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sireojeung",
      "sense": "pathological speech disorder",
      "word": "실어증"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "pathological speech disorder",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "pathological speech disorder",
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      "sense": "pathological speech disorder",
      "word": "á khẩu"
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