Anomia
Domain : Symptoms
Category : My daily life
Simplified definition
Inability to name things or people that we still recognize.
Source: Houria Aiouaz, for Alzheimer Foundation
Referenced definition
“[…] Refers to aphasic syndromes in which naming, or access to the internal lexicon, is the principal deficit.”
Source: Jankovic J et al. Aphasia and Aphasic Syndromes. In: Bradley and Daroff’s Neurology in Clinical Practice. Atlanta: Nancy Newman, 2021. 2400 p.
Note
- Anomia is part of aphasia, which is a language impairment.
Synonym(s)
Anomic aphasiaGO FURTHER
