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nominal aphasia

noun

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

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Nearby words

nomenclator, nomenclature, nomenklatura, nomex, nominal, nominal aphasia, nominal damages, nominal par, nominal scale, nominal sentence, nominal value
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Medicine definitions for nominal aphasia

nominal aphasia

[ nŏm′ə-nəl ]

n.

Aphasia that is characterized by the impaired ability to recall the names of persons and things.anomia anomic aphasia
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