aphasic
Americanadjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- nonaphasiac noun
- nonaphasic adjective
- unaphasic adjective
Etymology
Origin of aphasic
Example Sentences
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In more recent years she has suffered health setbacks including a stroke that left her aphasic, and has performed only rarely.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2023
My familiarity with Chaikin comes mainly from his productions of Samuel Beckett and Shepard that he directed late in his career, after a stroke had left him aphasic.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2021
In another case, a woman who had suffered a left-hemispheric stroke and was dramatically aphasic, unable to say more than the occasional random syllable, was also prescribed Ambien because she had trouble falling asleep.
From Slate • Mar. 17, 2014
The balletic tableaus and the aphasic language and the art-directed titillation and the cluttered sound design all add up to — what?
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2011
The shelves of plumbing equip-ment, and there seem to be acres of them, contain not a single item I can name, which gives me an idea of what it feels like to be aphasic.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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