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aphasia Definition


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aphasia
noun
    1. psychol.
      Loss or impairment of the ability to speak or write, or to understand the meaning of spoken or written language, which in right-handed people is caused by damage to the left side of the brain.
Etymology: 19c: from a-2 + Greek phanai to speak.



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