aphasic

[uh-fey-zik, -sik]

adjective

1. pertaining to or affected with aphasia.

noun

1. Also aphasiac a person affected with aphasia.

Other Word Forms

• nonaphasiac noun
• nonaphasic adjective
• unaphasic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of aphasic¹

First recorded in 1865–70; aphas(ia) + -ic

Example Sentences

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

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

He’s great at picking up insider images, too, as when Bannon describes Giuliani, in his aphasic periods, as in the “mumble tank.”

From Los Angeles Times

So the hospital hired a speech pathologist who used a controversial technique called facilitated communication, which is where the speech therapist holds the hand of the aphasic patient.

From Los Angeles Times

Paige’s preoccupations run to humiliating Arnold, once a wife beater and now an aphasic stroke victim, by dressing him in clown makeup and ladies’ nighties.

From Washington Post

Related Words

• silent 
• speechless