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

paragoge
paragoges
paragon
paragoned
paragonimiasis
paragonimus
Paragonimus ringeri
Paragonimus westermani
paragoning
paragonite
paragonite
paragonorrhoeal
paragons
paragram
paragram
paragrammatism (current term)
paragrams
paragraph
paragraph
paragraphed
paragrapher
paragrapher
paragraphers
paragraphia
paragraphic
paragraphic
paragraphical
paragraphing
paragraphist
paragraphistical

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