Associations to the word «Aphasia»

Wiktionary

APHASIA, noun. (pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.

Dictionary definition

APHASIA, noun. Inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King