ANOMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anomia mean? 

• ANOMIA (noun)
  The noun ANOMIA has 2 senses:

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

2. type genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters

  Familiarity information: ANOMIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANOMIA (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 ("anomia" is a kind of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anomia; genus Anomia

Hypernyms ("Anomia" is a kind of...):

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Anomia"):

Anomia ephippium; saddle oyster (thin-shelled bivalve having the right valve deeply notched)

Holonyms ("Anomia" is a member of...):

Anomiidae; family Anomiidae (saddle oysters)