aphasic

English

Etymology

aphasia +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈfeɪzək/

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 ...

Translations

affected by, or pertaining to, aphasia

Catalan: afàsic
Esperanto: afazia

Portuguese: afásico
Spanish: afásico (es)

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

Anagrams

Chapais, Chiapas, scaphia

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