Dictionary - Definition of APHEMIA


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "Aphemia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Aphemia \A*phe"mi*a\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression 'a priv. voice.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: APHEMIA

Domain	Definition
Health	Impaired or absent communication by speech, writing, or signs, due to dysfunction of brain centers in the dominant hemisphere, may be caused by exposure to industrial chemicals, or to ionizing radiation, or diving. (references)
Wikipedic	Aphemia (from Greek α, without, and φημη, speech), in pathology, the loss of the power of speech (see aphasia). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "APHEMIA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Aphemia \A*phe"mi*a\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression 'a priv. voice.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Health	Impaired or absent communication by speech, writing, or signs, due to dysfunction of brain centers in the dominant hemisphere, may be caused by exposure to industrial chemicals, or to ionizing radiation, or diving. (references)
Wikipedic	Aphemia (from Greek α, without, and φημη, speech), in pathology, the loss of the power of speech (see aphasia). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top