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dysphasia

Syllabification: (dys·pha·sia)
Pronunciation: /disˈfāZHə/
Definition of dysphasia

noun

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

Derivatives

dysphasic

Pronunciation: /-ˈfāzik/
adjective

Origin:

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

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