noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A loss of the ability to express oneself using organized syntax uncountable
2. 2
   a disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner wordnet

Etymology

From a- + cataphasia (cata- + -phasia).

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