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Nominal aphasia

nominal aphasia

An aphasia in which the principal deficit is difficulty in naming persons and objects seen, heard, or felt; due to lesions in various portions of the language area.

Synonym: amnestic aphasia, amnesic aphasia, anomia, anomic aphasia.


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