aphasia
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /əˈfeɪzɪə/, /əˈfeɪʒə/
aphasia
- (pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, "The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin" in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 76:
- The Doctor came over in three minutes, and heard the story. ‘It's aphasia,’ he said.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, "The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin" in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 76:
- French: aphasie
- German: Aphasie
- Italian: afasia, afemia
- Portuguese: afasia
- Russian: афа́зия
- Spanish: afasia
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