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

Words nearby anomia

anomalistic year, anomalous, anomalous dispersion, anomalous monism, anomaly, anomia, anomie, anomite, anon, anonychia, anonym

How to use anomia in a sentence

The bent form of the embryonic heart recalls the heart of spiders; it lies at first free, as in the mollusc Anomia.
Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
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 singular structures composing this genus were formerly taken for bivalves, and named Anomia Tricuspidata, &c.
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

Note the barnacles, silver shells (Anomia), etc., on the box and rope.
A Report upon the Mollusk Fisheries of Massachusetts|Commissioners on Fisheries and Game