| 释义 |
aphasic, a. and n.|əˈfæzɪk|
[f. aphasia + -ic.]
A. adj. Suffering from aphasia, having lost the power of speech; of, characteristic of, or characterized by aphasia.
1867Chamb. Jrnl. xxxviii. 86 Most aphasic patients answer very well by signs. 1874Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 May 575/1 Hemiplegia is, as a rule, noticed at some stage of the progress of aphasic disease. 1880Bastian Brain xxix. 649 He had regained the power of speaking to a considerable extent, and now..he had become Amnesic rather than Aphasic. 1901Lancet 26 Jan. 276 Slight aphasic symptoms. 1906Westm. Gaz. 2 June 9/1 A curious form of aphasic amnesia.
B. n. = aphasiac (which is more analogical).
1867Chamb. Jrnl. xxxviii. 85 We must..turn our attention to the writing of aphasics. 1869Hunt in Eng. Mech. 7 May 147/1, I call him an aphasic in whom the signs of thought cannot manifest themselves. |