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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesafasia
Pronunciation / Transliteration: afasia
"O paciente foi diagnosticado com afasia após o traumatismo craniano."
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A loss of ability to understand or express speech, caused by brain damage.
"Following his stroke, he suffered from aphasia and struggled to find the right words."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Ancient Greek word aphasía, formed by the privative prefix a- (meaning 'not' or 'without') combined withphasis (meaning 'speech' or 'utterance', from phanai 'to speak'). The term entered medical and psychological English in the mid-19th century to clinically describe the loss of ability to understand or express speech.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Aphasia" is said worldwide
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aphasie
Transliteration: aphasie
"Son accident vasculaire cérébral lui a laissé une aphasie sévère."
Aphasie
Transliteration: Aphasie
"Die Therapie half dem Patienten mit Aphasie, seine Sprachfähigkeit teilweise wiederzuerlangen."
afasia
Transliteration: afasia
"L'afasia può rendere molto difficile la comunicazione quotidiana."
afasia
Transliteration: afasia
"La logopedia es fundamental para el tratamiento de la afasia."
afasia
Transliteration: afasia
"O paciente foi diagnosticado com afasia após o traumatismo craniano."
वाक्-विकार
Transliteration: vak-vikar
"स्ट्रोक के बाद उसे वाक्-विकार (अफेसिया) हो गया।"
失语症
Transliteration: shīyǔzhèng
"中风可能会导致患者患上失语症。"
실어증
Transliteration: sireojeung
"그는 뇌졸중으로 인해 실어증을 앓게 되었습니다."
失語症
Transliteration: shitsugoshō
"脳梗塞の後遺症として失語症を発症する人がいます。"
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