Paraphasia

//pæɹəˈfeɪ̯ʒə// noun

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Noun

1
A symptom of aphasia in which the sufferer substitutes a spoken word different from the one intended

Synonyms

aphasia muteness

Etymology

From para- + -phasia.

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