anomia

[ uh-noh-mee-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.

Origin of anomia¹

< New Latin, irregular < Greek a- a- ⁶ + Latin nōm ( en ) name + -ia -ia

The bent form of the embryonic heart recalls the heart of spiders; it lies at first free, as in the mollusc Anomia.

This singular shell, known only in a fossil state, in the Palozic beds, is placed by Linnus in the genus Anomia.

The singular structures composing this genus were formerly taken for bivalves, and named Anomia Tricuspidata, &c.

The Terebratul are included in the genus Anomia in the system of Linnus.

Note the barnacles, silver shells (Anomia), etc., on the box and rope.

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