dysphasia

 
Pronunciation: /dɪsˈfeɪzɪə/

noun

[mass noun] Psychiatry
  • language disorder marked by deficiency in the generation of speech, and sometimes also in its comprehension, due to brain disease or damage.

Derivatives

dysphasic

adjective

Origin:

late 19th century: from Greek dusphatos 'hard to utter', from dus- 'difficult' + phatos 'spoken'