Etymology

aphemia

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Today it means: A type of aphasia in which the ability to speak is lost or severely impaired. Full definition →

New Latin aphēmia
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  1. New Latin · borrowed fromaphēmia
  2. English todayaphemia

Borrowed from New Latin aphēmia, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + φήμη (phḗmē, “voice”). By surface analysis, a- + -phemia.

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