aphemia

aphemia
aphe·mia ə-'fē-mē-ə n MOTOR APHASIA

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aphe·mia (ə-feґme-ə) [a-1 + -phemia] 1. apraxia of speech. 2. formerly common name for a type of motor aphasia.

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