Aphrasia

Aphrasia
Aphrasia A*phra"si*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + fra`sis speech.] (Med.) (a) = {Dumbness}. (b) A disorder of speech in which words can be uttered but not intelligibly joined together. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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  • aphrasia — noun Condition of being unable to speak …   Wiktionary

  • Aphrasia — The inability to speak or understand phrases. * * * Inability to speak, from any cause. [G. a priv. + phrasis, speaking] * * * aphra·sia ə frā zh(ē )ə, a n 1) an inability to utter words in intelligible order 2) pathological refusal to speak… …   Medical dictionary

  • aphrasia — n. inability to speak caused by brain injury or disease …   English contemporary dictionary

  • aphrasia — aphra·sia …   English syllables

  • aphrasia —   n. inability to speak, or to make intelligible phrases …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • aphrasia — …   Useful english dictionary

  • афразия — (устар.; aphrasia; а + греч. phrasis речь, манера речи, фраза) см. Афазия …   Большой медицинский словарь

  • Афрази́я — (устар.; aphrasia; А + греч. phrasis речь. манера речи, фраза) см. Афазия …   Медицинская энциклопедия

  • aphasia — Synonyms and related words: anaudia, aphonia, aphrasia, deaf muteness, dumbness, dysarthria, dysphasia, echolalia, hysterical aphonia, imperfect speech, inarticulateness, incoherence, jargon aphasia, loss of speech, motor aphasia, muteness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • muteness — Synonyms and related words: anaudia, aphasia, aphonia, aphrasia, brevity, briefness, brusqueness, conciseness, curtness, deaf muteness, dumbness, economy of words, inarticulateness, jargon aphasia, laconicalness, laconism, loss of speech, motor… …   Moby Thesaurus

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