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Definition of Aphasic
1. Noun. Someone affected by aphasia or inability to use or understand language.
2. Adjective. Related to or affected by aphasia. "Aphasic speech"
3. Adjective. Unable to speak because of a brain lesion.
Definition of Aphasic
1. a. Pertaining to, or affected by, aphasia; speechless.
Definition of Aphasic
1. Adjective. Affected by, or pertaining to, aphasia. ¹
2. Noun. One who is afflicted by symptoms of aphasia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aphasic
1. aphasiac [n -S] - See also: aphasiac
Medical Definition of Aphasic
1. Relating to or suffering from aphasia. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphasic
Literary usage of Aphasic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Whereas brains were formerly studied only by rough-and-ready, macroscopic methods,
an aphasic brain is nowadays much more carefully analyzed, ..."
2. A Text-book of Psychiatry for Physicians and Students by Leonardo Bianchi (1906)
"i CHAPTER XXXIV aphasic DEMENTIA THE zone of language is so closely connected
with the formation and the expression of thought that it may even be presumed ..."