Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
anomia
a·no·mi·a [ uh-noh-mee-uh ]
Subclass of:
Language Disorders
Definitions related to anomia:
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A language dysfunction characterized by the inability to name people and objects that are correctly perceived. The individual is able to describe the object in question, but cannot provide the name. This condition is associated with lesions of the dominant hemisphere involving the language areas, in particular the TEMPORAL LOBE. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p484)NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Impaired ability to retrieve words; in particular, an inability to recall the names of objects and people.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Inability to recall the names of objects.Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and PsychologyBJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
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(anomic aphasia) An inability to name people and objects that are correctly perceived. The individual is able to describe the object in question, but cannot provide the name.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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