aphemia
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from New Latin aphēmia, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + φήμη (phḗmē, “voice”).[1] By surface analysis, a- + -phemia.
Noun
[edit]aphemia (countable and uncountable, plural aphemias) (speech pathology)
- A type of aphasia in which the ability to speak is lost or severely impaired.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]type of aphasia in which the ability to speak is lost
References
[edit]- ^ “aphemia, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
