nominal aphasia

British

noun

aphasia in which the primary symptom is an inability to recall or recognize the names of objects

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Not only do I have galloping nominal aphasia - the inability to remember names - I'm also alarmed by the erosion of my cognitive powers, full stop.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2015

Perhaps only Amis could make someone suffering from nominal aphasia as funny as he is touching.

From The Guardian • Feb. 2, 2011

With extraordinary skill, Amis manages to have fun with such things as Marigold's fear of losing her memory, Zeyer's stroke-induced nominal aphasia.

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