aphasic

English

Etymology

aphasia +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈfeɪzək/

Adjective

aphasic (comparative more aphasic, superlative most aphasic)

1. (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
• Finnish: afaattinen (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: afásico
• Spanish: afásico (es)

Noun

aphasic (plural aphasics)

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

Translations

one who is afflicted by symptoms of aphasia

• Esperanto: afaziulo
• Finnish: afaatikko (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: afatyk (pl) m pers, afatyczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: afásico m

Anagrams

• Chapais, Chiapas, scaphia