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aphemia

aphemia noun: a type of aphasia in which the ability to speak is lost or severely impaired.

Noun

aphemia (countable and uncountable, plural aphemias)

  1. A type of aphasia in which the ability to speak is lost or severely impaired.

aphemia meaning in Tamil

aphemia in Tamil

நரம்பு சால் பேச்சிழப்பு, மூளைக் கோளாறால் பேச்சிழப்பு

Forms of aphemia

pluralaphemias

Origin of aphemia

Borrowed from New Latin aphēmia, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + φήμη (phḗmē, “voice”). By surface analysis, a- + -phemia.

Words formed from aphemia

Questions about aphemia

What does aphemia mean?
Aphemia means a type of aphasia in which the ability to speak is lost or severely impaired.
What is aphemia in Tamil?
Aphemia in Tamil is நரம்பு சால் பேச்சிழப்பு, மூளைக் கோளாறால் பேச்சிழப்பு. See Aphemia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aphemia?
Aphemia is a noun.
What is the plural of aphemia?
The plural of aphemia is aphemias.

Words near aphemia in the dictionary

  1. apheliotropic
  2. apheliotropically
  3. apheliotropism
  4. apheliscine
  5. aphelium
  6. aphemia
  7. aphemias
  8. aphemic
  9. aphenotypic
  10. aphenphosmphobia
  11. aphephobia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aphemia (page history and authors); aphemia (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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