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ANOMIC APHASIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does anomic aphasia mean?
• ANOMIC APHASIA (noun)
The noun ANOMIC APHASIA has 1 sense:
1. inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects
Familiarity information: ANOMIC APHASIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
amnesic aphasia; amnestic aphasia; anomia; anomic aphasia; nominal aphasia
Hypernyms ("anomic aphasia" is a kind of...):
aphasia (inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion)
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