(ă-fā′zhă)
[Pronunciation]
[Gr. a-, not, + phasis, speaking]

Absence or impairment of the ability to communicate through speech, writing, or signs because of brain dysfunction.
It is considered complete or total when both sensory and motor areas are involved.
See: alalia
aphasic, (-zĭk)
[Pronunciation]
adj.

Subentries:
acquired epileptiform aphasia
amnesic aphasia
anomic aphasia
auditory aphasia
Broca's aphasia
conduction aphasia
crossed aphasia
executive aphasia
fluent aphasia
gibberish aphasia
global aphasia
infantile acquired aphasia
jargon aphasia
mixed aphasia
motor aphasia
nominal aphasia
optic aphasia
primary progressive aphasia
semantic aphasia
sensory aphasia
syntactic aphasia
transcortical aphasia
traumatic aphasia
visual aphasia
Wernicke's aphasia