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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Loss of or deficiency in the power to use or understand language as a result of injury or disease of the brain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disability, disablement, handicap, impairment
History
From dys- + -phasia.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
