Impairment in the production of speech and failure to arrange words in an understandable way; caused by an acquired lesion of the brain. SYN: dysphrasia. [dys- + G. phasis, speaking]
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dys·pha·sia dis-'fā-zh(ē-)ə n loss of or deficiency in the power to use or understand language as a result of injury to or disease of the brain compare DYSARTHRIA
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dys·pha·sia (dis-faґzhə) [dys- + -phasia] impairment of speech, consisting in lack of coordination and failure to arrange words in their proper order, due to a central lesion; called also dysphrasia and dysgrammatism. See also aphasia and paraphasia.Medical dictionary. 2011.