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单词 dysphasia
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Definition of dysphasia in English:

dysphasia

noundɪsˈfeɪzɪə
mass nounPsychiatry
  • Language disorder marked by deficiency in the generation of speech, and sometimes also in its comprehension, due to brain disease or damage.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We report the oral reading of a biscriptal (Turkish-English) patient who has previously been diagnosed with deep dysphasia in Turkish.
    • Elderly people are often in this position owing to illnesses such as dementia and strokes that cause dysphasia.
    • If the abscess is in the frontal lobes of the brain, it may cause loss of memory and reduced attention span, and dysphasia.
    • An evidence base is emerging for the efficacy of a number of speech and language therapy interventions, especially in dysphasia, stammering, laryngectomy, and dysphonia.
    • Louise has a variable level of understanding which would appear to be due to a receptive dysphasia.

Derivatives

  • dysphasic

  • adjective
    Psychiatry
    • We expected it was, given the evidence from other deep dysphasic patients showing that poor repetition is associated with surface dyslexia.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She also has a slight dysphasic speech impediment.
      • Two hours after he was admitted to hospital, he became drowsy, confused, and dysphasic.
      • The case with Alzheimer's disease is similar fronto-temporal, multi-infarct, and dysphasic versions of dementia.
      • A correlation between poor repetition and lexical reading impairments has been reported for French speaking deep dysphasic patients.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek dusphatos 'hard to utter', from dus- 'difficult' + phatos 'spoken'.

Rhymes

Anastasia, aphasia, brazier, dysplasia, euthanasia, fantasia, Frazier, glazier, grazier, gymnasia, Malaysia
 
 

Definition of dysphasia in US English:

dysphasia

noun
Psychiatry
  • Language disorder marked by deficiency in the generation of speech, and sometimes also in its comprehension, due to brain disease or damage.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An evidence base is emerging for the efficacy of a number of speech and language therapy interventions, especially in dysphasia, stammering, laryngectomy, and dysphonia.
    • Elderly people are often in this position owing to illnesses such as dementia and strokes that cause dysphasia.
    • Louise has a variable level of understanding which would appear to be due to a receptive dysphasia.
    • We report the oral reading of a biscriptal (Turkish-English) patient who has previously been diagnosed with deep dysphasia in Turkish.
    • If the abscess is in the frontal lobes of the brain, it may cause loss of memory and reduced attention span, and dysphasia.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek dusphatos ‘hard to utter’, from dus- ‘difficult’ + phatos ‘spoken’.

 
 
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