Aphasia vs. Anomia — What's the Difference?

Aphasia is an inability to comprehend or formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions. The major causes are a cerebral vascular accident (stroke) or head trauma.

Aphasia characterized by the impaired ability to recall the names of persons and things.

Inability (or impaired ability) to understand or produce speech, as a result of brain damage.

(neurology) The inability to remember names.

Partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from damage to the brain from injury or disease.

(neurology) The difficulty in finding the right word.

(pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.

A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.

Loss of the power of speech, or of the appropriate use of words, the vocal organs remaining intact, and the intelligence being preserved. It is dependent on injury or disease of the brain.

Inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects

Inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion

Type genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters