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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesparafasia
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pa.ra.faˈzi.a
"La parafasia comporta la sostituzione di parole involontarie."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A type of language disorder in which a person produces unintended syllables, words, or phrases during speech.
"The stroke patient experienced severe paraphasia, often saying 'knife' when attempting to ask for a spoon." - 2
A symptom of aphasia involving the unintentional omission, substitution, or transposition of words or sounds.
"Her speech therapist noted frequent phonemic paraphasia during the naming exercises."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from New Latin in the late 19th century, combining the Greek prefix 'para-' (beside, abnormal or altered) with 'phasis' (speech), derived from 'phainen' (to speak). It was coined in neurological medicine to describe conditions where speech is altered into unintended words or syllables.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Paraphasia" is said worldwide
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paraphasie
Transliteration: pa.ʁa.fa.zi
"La paraphasie est un symptôme fréquent après un accident vasculaire cérébral."
Paraphasie
Transliteration: paʁafaˈziː
"Der Patient zeigte deutliche Anzeichen von Paraphasie."
parafasia
Transliteration: pa.ra.faˈzi.a
"La parafasia comporta la sostituzione di parole involontarie."
parafasia
Transliteration: pa.ɾa.faˈsi.a
"La parafasia afecta la capacidad de expresar la palabra correcta."
parafasia
Transliteration: pa.ɾa.faˈzi.ɐ
"O paciente diagnosticado com afasia apresentava quadros de parafasia."
पैराफेशिया
Transliteration: pairāfeshīyā
"पैराफेशिया एक प्रकार का वाणी विकार है जिसमें गलत शब्दों का प्रयोग होता है।"
语误
Transliteration: yǔ wù
"病人在说话时表现出明显的语误症状。"
착어증
Transliteration: chageojeung
"착어증은 뇌损伤 후에 흔히 발생하는 언어 장애입니다."
錯語症
Transliteration: sakugoshō
"その患者は脳梗塞の後遺症として錯語症を発症した。"
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