dysphasia

dys pha sia |disˈfāZHə dɪsˈfeɪʒ (i )ə | ▶noun Medicine language disorder marked by deficiency in the generation of speech, and sometimes also in its comprehension, due to brain disease or damage. DERIVATIVES dys pha sic |-ˈfāzik |adjective ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Greek dusphatos ‘hard to utter, ’ from dus- ‘difficult ’ + phatos ‘spoken. ’

dysphasia

dysphasia |dɪsˈfeɪzɪə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Psychiatry language disorder marked by deficiency in the generation of speech, and sometimes also in its comprehension, due to brain disease or damage. DERIVATIVES dysphasic adjective ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Greek dusphatos ‘hard to utter ’, from dus- ‘difficult ’ + phatos ‘spoken ’.