Medical Definition of Paragrammatism

1. A form of aphasia in which a person has lost the ability to speak correctly, substituting one word for another, and jumbling words and sentences unintelligibly. Synonym: jargon, paragrammatism, paraphrasia, pseudoagrammatism. Origin: para-+ G. Phasis, speech Thematic paraphasia, incoherent speech that wanders from the theme or subject under discussion. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paragrammatism

paragneisses
paragnomen
paragoge
paragoges
paragon
paragoned
paragonimiases
paragonimiasis
paragonimus
paragoning
paragonite
paragonites
paragonorrhoeal
paragons
paragram
paragrammatism (current term)
paragrammatist
paragrammatists
paragramme
paragrams
paragrandine
paragrandines
paragraph
paragraph mark
paragraph marks
paragraphed
paragrapher
paragraphers
paragraphia
paragraphic

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