aphasianoun [ U ]
uk/əˈfeɪ.ʒə/us/əˈfeɪ.ʒə/specializeda medical condition that makes a person unable to speak, write, or understand speech or writing because of damage to the brain
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Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- Alzheimer's
- amyloid plaque
- atrophy
- catalepsy
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- Morton's metatarsalgia
- motor neuron disease
- Moyamoya disease
- multiple system atrophy
- muscular dystrophy
- myasthenia gravis
- persistent vegetative state
- rabid
- rabies
- spasm
- vapour
- writer's cramp
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aphasic
adjective uk/əˈfeɪ.zɪk/us/əˈfeɪ.zɪk/
The girl was aphasic because of brain damage suffered during a difficult birth.