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Definition of dysphasia in English: dysphasianoundɪsˈfeɪzɪə 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 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: dysphasianoun 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’. |