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Definition of Nominal aphasia
1. Noun. Inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects.
Medical Definition of Nominal aphasia
1. An aphasia in which the principal deficit is difficulty in naming persons and objects seen, heard, or felt; due to lesions in various portions of the language area. Synonym: amnestic aphasia, amnesic aphasia, anomia, anomic aphasia. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nominal Aphasia
Literary usage of Nominal aphasia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the nervous system by Herbert Campbell Thomson (1921)
"(b) nominal aphasia, characterized by defective use of names and want of
comprehension of the nominal value of words or other symbols. ..."
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