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Aphasia

7 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

A neurological disorder caused by brain damage that impairs a person's ability to speak, write, or understand language.

His aphasia following the accident meant he struggled to find the right words.

Pronunciation

Syllables

a·pha·sia

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Synonyms

dysphasia

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Wordle

Starts with APH, four vowels A, A, I, A make it very vowel-rich and distinctive

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Scrabble

Three As are common tiles, PH digraph helps clear both P and H at once

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