aphasiacn.adj.
/əˈfeɪzɪak/ A. n.
One suffering from aphasia.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > impairment of mental powers > dyslexia, aphasia, or dyscalculia > person
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dyslectic1942
dyslexic1943
1868 J. W. Ogle in Lancet 21 Mar. 370/2 The testamentary capacity..of aphasiacs without apoplexy or paralysis.
1929 W. J. Locke Ancestor Jorico i. 14 The ordinary aphasiac could be got at through his ears.
B. adj. = aphasic adj.; also transferred (jocular), incapable of ‘speaking’ or sounding.
rare.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > incapable of making noise
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > impairment of mental powers > dyslexia, aphasia, etc.
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receptive1889
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dyslexic1897
paralexic1900
anomic1904
dyslectic1936
anomic1947
1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xxi. 326 The old familiar room, with..the aphasiac piano.
1906 W. A. N. Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 4) Aphasic, Aphasiac, pertaining to or affected with aphasia.
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