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aphemia

[uh-fee-mee-uh]
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noun Medicine/Medical.
  1. a type of aphasia characterized by the inability to express ideas in spoken words.
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Origin of aphemia

1860–65; < Greek a- a-6 + phḗm(ē) speech + -ia -ia
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  • Now, he knows he can talk because we all know he can, but no one knows it at present because he can't—and that's aphemia.

    Wings of the Wind

    Credo Harris

aphemia in Medicine

aphemia

(ə-fē′mē-ə)
n.
  1. A form of motor aphasia in which the ability to express ideas verbally is lost.
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