NOMINAL APHASIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nominal aphasia mean? 

• NOMINAL APHASIA (noun)
  The noun NOMINAL APHASIA has 1 sense:

1. inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects

  Familiarity information: NOMINAL APHASIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOMINAL APHASIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

amnesic aphasia; amnestic aphasia; anomia; anomic aphasia; nominal aphasia

Hypernyms ("nominal aphasia" is a kind of...):

aphasia (inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion)