Aphasia
WordNet
noun
(1) Inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
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Etymology
Modern Latin, from , from , from + .
Noun
- A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernike's area, causes aphasia.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 76:
- The Doctor came over in three minutes, and heard the story. ‘It's aphasia,’ he said.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 76: