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anomia

UK/əˈnəʊ.mi.ə/

anomia noun: the inability to remember names.

Noun

anomia (countable and uncountable, plural anomias)

  1. The inability to remember names.
  2. The difficulty in finding the right word.

anomia meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

anomia in Tamil

பெயர்களை நினைவு கூற இயலாமை, பருணர்த்தாமை, பெயர் மறதி

anomia in Indonesian

neurology: the inability to remember names
anomia
neurology: the difficulty in finding the right word
anomia

Synonyms of anomia

Forms of anomia

pluralanomias

Origin of anomia

From a- + Latin nōmen (“name”) + -ia.

Questions about anomia

What does anomia mean?
Anomia means the inability to remember names.
What is anomia in Tamil?
Anomia in Tamil is பெயர்களை நினைவு கூற இயலாமை, பருணர்த்தாமை, பெயர் மறதி. See Anomia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anomia?
Anomia is a noun.
How do you pronounce anomia?
Anomia is pronounced /əˈnəʊ.mi.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of anomia?
The plural of anomia is anomias.

Words near anomia in the dictionary

  1. anomerisation
  2. anomerisations
  3. anomerization
  4. anomerizations
  5. anomers
  6. anomia
  7. anomias
  8. anomic
  9. anomie
  10. anomies
  11. anomiid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anomia (page history and authors); anomia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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