aphasia

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n. 失语症 [医] 语言不能, 失语[症]

发音

US /əˈfeɪzɪə/

词形变化

aphasias 复数 aphasias

别名

aphasy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.

    失语症

    可数 不可数 医学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

encephalopathy

下位词 9

alexia anomia Broca's aphasia expressive aphasia motor aphasia receptive aphasia Wernicke's aphasia word blindness word-deafness

相关短语

Wernicke's aphasia [医] 韦尼克氏失语(皮质感觉性失语) Broca's aphasia [医] 布罗卡氏失语, 运动失调性失语 jargon aphasia receptive aphasia [医] 感觉性失语, 记言不能 motor aphasia [医] 运动性失语, 运动失调性失语 expressive aphasia 表达性失语 agrammatic aphasia

词源

From French aphasie, from Ancient Greek ἀφασία (aphasía), from ἄφατος (áphatos, “speechless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + φάσις (phásis, “speech”). Equivalent to a- + -phasia.

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