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anomia

[ uh-noh-mee-uh ]

/ əˈnoʊ mi ə /

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noun Medicine/Medical.

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

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Origin of anomia

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

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Examples from the Web for anomia

Anomia has an irregularly rounded shell, with one convex and one flat or concave valve.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold
This singular shell, known only in a fossil state, in the Palozic beds, is placed by Linnus in the genus Anomia.
A Conchological Manual|George Brettingham Sowerby
The Terebratul are included in the genus Anomia in the system of Linnus.
A Conchological Manual|George Brettingham Sowerby
The singular structures composing this genus were formerly taken for bivalves, and named Anomia Tricuspidata, &c.
A Conchological Manual|George Brettingham Sowerby

It has the same sort of calcified byssus as Anomia, and also the hole to accommodate it in the smaller valve.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold

Medicine definitions for anomia

anomia

[ ə-nō′mē-ə ]

n.

nominal aphasia

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