aphasic

English

Etymology

From aphasia +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈfeɪzək/, /əˈfeɪ̯zɪk/

Adjective

aphasic (comparative more aphasic, superlative most aphasic)

  1. (speech pathology) Affected by, or pertaining to, aphasia.
    • 1954, Kingsley Amis, chapter 12, in Lucky Jim:
      ... groups of dancers were wheeling, plunging, and gesticulating while the ogre, more aphasic than before, mumbled at full strength ...

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Noun

aphasic (plural aphasics)

  1. (speech pathology) One who is afflicted by symptoms of aphasia.

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