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aphemia

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[uh-fee-mee-uh] / əˈfi mi ə /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

  1. a type of aphasia characterized by the inability to express ideas in spoken words.

Etymology

Origin of aphemia

1860–65; < Greek a- a- 6 + phḗm ( ē ) speech + -ia -ia

Example Sentences

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I will designate it, therefore, as aphemia, or loss of speech.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

I observed a significant malformation on the left frontal lobe, which I believe to be the source of the patient’s aphemia and, therefore, the brain location controlling speech production.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Now, he knows he can talk because we all know he can, but no one knows it at present because he can't—and that's aphemia.

From Wings of the Wind by Harris, Credo Fitch

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