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heterophasia

heterophasia noun: a form of aphasia characterized by habitual substitution of meaningless or inappropriate words for those intended.

Noun

heterophasia (uncountable)

  1. A form of aphasia characterized by habitual substitution of meaningless or inappropriate words for those intended.

heterophasia meaning in Tamil

heterophasia in Tamil

எண்ணம் பேச்சு மாறுபாடு, எண்ணியத பேச இயலாமை

Origin of heterophasia

From hetero- + -phasia.

Questions about heterophasia

What does heterophasia mean?
Heterophasia means a form of aphasia characterized by habitual substitution of meaningless or inappropriate words for those intended.
What is heterophasia in Tamil?
Heterophasia in Tamil is எண்ணம் பேச்சு மாறுபாடு, எண்ணியத பேச இயலாமை. See Heterophasia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heterophasia?
Heterophasia is a noun.

Words near heterophasia in the dictionary

  1. heterophagosomes
  2. heterophagy
  3. heterophane
  4. heterophanes
  5. heterophase
  6. heterophasia
  7. heterophemies
  8. heterophemism
  9. heterophemisms
  10. heterophemist
  11. heterophemists

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