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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Loss of or deficiency in the power to use or understand language as a result of injury or disease of the brain. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

aphasiaaphoniaartificial voicebroken speechbroken tonesbroken voice

Etymology

From dys- + -phasia.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.