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paraphrasia

paraphrasia is the alternative form of paraphasia.

Meaning of paraphasia

Noun

paraphasia (countable and uncountable, plural paraphasias)

  1. A symptom of aphasia in which the sufferer substitutes a spoken word different from the one intended.

Forms of paraphrasia

pluralparaphrasias

Origin of paraphrasia

From para- + -phrasia.

Questions about paraphrasia

What is paraphrasia the alternative form of?
Paraphrasia is the alternative form of paraphasia.

Words near paraphrasia in the dictionary

  1. paraphraseable
  2. paraphrased
  3. paraphraser
  4. paraphrasers
  5. paraphrases
  6. paraphrasia
  7. paraphrasias
  8. paraphrasic
  9. paraphrasing
  10. paraphrasings
  11. paraphrasis

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