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Noun: amnesic aphasia  am'nee-sik u'fey-zhu
  1. Inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects
    "The stroke patient developed amnesic aphasia, struggling to recall the names of common items";
    - nominal aphasia, anomic aphasia, anomia, amnestic aphasia

Derived forms: amnesic aphasias

Type of: alogia, aphasia

Encyclopedia: Amnesic aphasia