-pha·sia \ˈfāzh(e)ə\noun combining form also-pha·sy\_fəsē, -si\ (plural-phasiasalso-phasies) Etymology:-phasia, New Latin, from Greek, speech, from phasis utterance, statement, from phanai to say, speak; -phasy from New Latin -phasia — more at ban : speech disorder (of a specified type especially relating to the symbolic use of language) < dysphasia > < tachyphasia > — compare -lalia, -phemia, -phony 2