a·pha·sia
noun/əˈfeɪziə/
/əˈfeɪʒə/
[uncountable] (medical)- the loss of the ability to understand or produce speech, because of brain damage
Topics Disabilityc2失语(症) Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Greek, from aphatos ‘speechless’, from a- ‘not’ + phanai ‘speak’.