-phasia, -phasic, -phasis, -phasy +
(Greek: talk, speak, say)
ataxaphasia
An inability to form phrases and sentences despite the ability to enunciate individual words.
ataxiaphasia
1. The inability to arrange words or to form connected sentences.
2. The inability to construct phrases, while retaining the ability to say isolated words.
ataxic aphasia, motor aphasia
A type of aphasia in which there is a deficit in speech production or language output, often accompanied by a deficit in communicating by writing, signs, etc.
The patient is aware of his impairment.
bradyphasia
1. Slowness of speech due to slow conceptualization of the thoughts that the patient wishes to express.
2. A form of aphasia characterized by abnormal slowness of speech.
cataphasia
1. A speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several times in succession.
2. A stereotyped and meaningless repetition of words and phrases, as seen in some cases of schizophrenia.
coprophasia
Compulsive, stereotyped use of obscene language, particularly of words relating to feces; as seen in some cases of schizophrenia (mental deterioration from a previous level of functioning) and Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (syndrome comprising both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics).
cryptophasia
Neologisms that simulate coherent speech despite the fact that they are expressed as unintelligible conglomerations of sounds or written as a series of unintelligible letters.
dactylophasia
1. Speaking with the fingers.
2. Expressing language with the fingers.
dysphasia
1. Impairment of, or incoherent, speech resulting from a brain lesion.
2. Defective use or understanding of language caused by brain damage.
3. Difficulty in speaking and understanding spoken or written language, caused by a brain injury or a disease.
dysphasic
Characterized by the impairment of speech resulting from a brain lesion.
endophasia
1. Internal speech with no audible vocalization.
2. Internalized, inaudible speech.
euphasia
Normal speaking and understanding spoken or written language.
expressive aphasia
A type of aphasia in which there is a deficit in speech production or language output, often accompanied by a deficit in communicating by writing, signs, etc.
fluent aphasia
1. Aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability to understand spoken or written words.
2. A condition in which speech is well articulated (usually 200 or more words per minute) and grammatically correct, but which is lacking in content and meaning.
global aphasia, mixed aphasia, total aphasia
1. Total aphasia involving all the functions that go to make up speech and communication.
2. A condition in which all aspects of speech and communication are severely impaired.
At best, patients can understand or speak only a few words or phrases; however, they cannot read or write.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.":
cit-;
clam-;
dic-;
English Words: Origins and Histories;
fa-;
-farious;
glosso-;
glotto-;
lalo-;
linguo-;
locu-;
logo-;
loqu-;
mythico-;
-ology;
ora-;
-phemia;
phon-;
phras-;
Quotes: Language,Part 1;
Quotes: Language, Part 2;
Quotes: Language, Part 3;
serm-;
tongue;
voc-.
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