aphasic

English

Etymology

From aphasia +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈfeɪzək/, /əˈfeɪ̯zɪk/

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 ...

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)

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

Translations

one who is afflicted by symptoms of aphasia

• Chinese:
• Mandarin:失语症 (zh) (Shīyǔzhèng)
• Esperanto: afaziulo
• Finnish: afaatikko (fi)
• Polish: afatyk (pl) m pers, afatyczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: afásico m
• Swedish: afatiker (sv)

Anagrams

• Asaphic, scaphia, Chapais, Chiapas