aphasic

English

Etymology

aphasia +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈfeɪzək/, /əˈfeɪ̯zɪk/

Adjective

aphasic (comparative more aphasic, superlative most aphasic)

(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 ...

Derived terms

aphasically

Translations

affected by, or pertaining to, aphasia

Afrikaans: afaties
Catalan: afàsic
Esperanto: afazia
Finnish: afaattinen (fi)
Hungarian: afáziás
Italian: afasico (it)
Polish: afatyczny (pl), afazyjny (uncommon)
Portuguese: afásico
Spanish: afásico (es)
Swedish: afatisk (sv)

Noun

aphasic (plural aphasics)

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

Translations

one who is afflicted by symptoms of aphasia

Esperanto: afaziulo
Finnish: afaatikko (fi)
Polish: afatyk (pl) m pers, afatyczka (pl) f
Portuguese: afásico m
Swedish: afatiker (sv)

Anagrams

Chapais, Chiapas, scaphia

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