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Aphasic

Definitions: Aphasic

Aphasic

Adjective

1. Related to or affected by aphasia; "aphasic speech".

2. Unable to speak because of a brain lesion.

Noun

1. Someone affected by aphasia or inability to use or understand language.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Commercial Usage: Aphasic

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Linguistic Investigation of Aphasic Chinese Speech (Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, 18) (reference)

  • Acquired Apraxia of Speech in Aphasic Adults (reference)

  • Aphasic Child a Neurological Basis for His Education (reference)

  • Linguistic Analysis of Aphasic Language (Springer Series in Neuropsychology) (reference)

  • Missing the Meaning?: A Cognitive Neuropsychological Study of Processing of Words by an Aphasic Patient (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Aphasic

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

In-depth testing of the language ability of individuals with the various aphasic syndromes is helping to design effective treatment strategies. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Aphasic

"Aphasic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Aphasic" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)80%12101,599
Noun (singular)20%3202,518
                    Total100.00%15N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Aphasic

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "aphasic": non-aphasic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Aphasic

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

aphasic

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Aphasic

Language Translations for "aphasic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

afatisk (aphasoid). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

afatisch (aphasoid). (various references)

   

French

  

aphasique (aphasoid). (various references)

   

German

  

aphasisch (aphasoid). (various references)

   

Italian

  

afasico (aphasoid). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aphasicay

   

Romanian

  

afazic. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

страдающий афазией (aphasiac). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

afásico (aphasiac). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Aphasic

Derivations

Words beginning with "aphasic": aphasics. (additional references)

Words ending with "aphasic": anaphasic. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Aphasic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abasic, afaik, Amphissa, apaxic, aphaca, aphakic, apraxic, pahari, panavic, phasic. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Aphasic"

Words rhyming with "aphasic" (pronounced 'A*pha"sic'): Akinesic, Amnesic, Antilyssic, BASIC, Bibasic, Ferriprussic, Ferroprussic, Glossic, Gneissic, Jurassic, Liassic, Magnesic, Manganesic, Melassic, Melissic, Monobasic, Music, Neoclassic, Nitroprussic, Pectosic, Pentabasic, Persic, Polybasic, Pottassic, Prussic, Quadribasic, Sesquibasic, thalassic, Triassic. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Aphasic

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-h-i-p-s"

-1 letter: capias, pachas, phasic.

-2 letters: aphis, apish, aspic, caphs, chaps, chias, chips, pacas, pacha, paisa, pasha, picas, spahi, spica.

-3 letters: aahs, asci, caph, caps, casa, cash, chap, chia, chip, chis, haps, hasp, hips, ichs, paca, pacs, pash, phis, pias, pica, pics, pish, ship, spic.

-4 letters: aah, aas, aha, ais, ash, asp, cap, chi, cis, hap.

-5 letters: aa.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-h-i-p-s"
 

+1 letter: aphasiac, aphasics, calipash, chapatis, charpais, haircaps, pashalic.

 

+2 letters: anaphasic, aphasiacs, asphaltic, chapaties, chapattis, chaplains, chappatis, handicaps, hepaticas, pachalics, pashalics, pharisaic.

 

+3 letters: aspherical, calipashes, caliphates, champaigns, chapatties, patriarchs, phantasmic, pharmacies, pharmacist, sarcophagi.

 

+4 letters: acrophobias, amphibrachs, amphimacers, aphrodisiac, archesporia, captainship, parachutist, pharisaical, pharmacists, phenacaines, plainchants, rhapsodical.

 

+5 letters: agoraphobics, amphisbaenic, aphrodisiacs, apothecaries, apparatchiks, archesporial, archipelagos, cacographies, captainships, cardinalship, cardiographs, cataphoresis, catastrophic, chairmanship, chaplaincies, handicappers, hypercapnias, ipecacuanhas, metaphysical, parachutists, paraphrastic, parochialism, patriarchies, seraphically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Aphasic


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 70 68 61 73 69 63

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    .--.    ....    .-    ...    ..    -.-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01110000 01101000 01100001 01110011 01101001 01100011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#112 &#104 &#97 &#115 &#105 &#99

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0070 0068 0061 0073 0069 0063

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35827467857569

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Aphasic"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsedanois, dänisch, danese, danez, датский, danés

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatiehollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, olandese, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holandés

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrançais, französisch, francese, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francés

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzungtysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, tedesco, neamţ, немецкий, alemán

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitaliener, italien, italienisch, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcirerumæner, Roemeens, Roumain, rumäne, rumeno, român, румынский, румын, rumano

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениеrusser, Russe, russisch, russo, русский, ruso

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónSpaans, espagnol, spanisch, spagnolo, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, español

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglais, englisch, inglese, englezesc, английский, inglés
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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