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ACATAPHASIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acataphasia mean?
• ACATAPHASIA (noun)
The noun ACATAPHASIA has 1 sense:
1. a disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner
Familiarity information: ACATAPHASIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("acataphasia" is a kind of...):
brain disease; brain disorder; encephalopathy (any disorder or disease of the brain)
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