Usually means: Impaired language ability due to brain damage.
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  1. aphasia: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. aphasia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. aphasia: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. aphasia: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Aphasia, aphasia: Wordnik
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  8. aphasia: Wiktionary
  9. aphasia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. aphasia: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. aphasia: Infoplease Dictionary
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  5. Aphasia: Merck Manuals
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  14. aphasia: Medical dictionary
  15. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  16. Aphasia: Brain Injury
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Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
  2. aphasia: Wordcraft Dictionary

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noun:  (pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.

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