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‖ aphasia Path.|əˈfeɪzɪə|
[mod.L., a. Gr. ἀϕασία, n. of quality f. ἄϕατος speechless, f. ἀ priv. + ϕά-ναι to speak (cf. ϕάσ-ις speech).]
Loss of speech, partial or total, or loss of power to understand written or spoken language, as a result of disorder of the cerebral speech centres.
1867Chamb. Jrnl. xxxviii. 85 A musician, the subject of aphasia..who had lost the ability to read and write as well as to speak. 1878A. Hamilton Nerv. Dis. 72 Embarrassment of speech may vary from simple awkwardness of articulation to decided aphasia. 1890W. James Princ. Psychol. I. ii. 54 The condition in question is word-deafness, and the disease is auditory aphasia. 1907Practitioner Oct. 544 Pierre Marie..recognises three terms:—(1) Aphasia of Wernicke, in which intelligence is impaired, but speech possible. (2) Aphasia of Broca, in which intelligence is impaired, and no speech possible. (3) Anarthria. 1926H. Head Aphasia I. i. vi. 91 Complete sensory aphasia invariably leads to some intellectual want of power to manipulate written speech. |