noun
- Difficulty in speaking or expressing oneself through speech, often caused by brain injury, stroke, or neurological disorder.
Usage: medical term; also called aphasia in some contexts, though dysphasia may refer to partial loss of language ability
Examples
- After the stroke, the patient experienced dysphasia and struggled to find the right words.
- Speech therapy can help individuals with dysphasia regain some of their language abilities.
- The neurologist diagnosed dysphasia in the patient following the head injury.
- Children with dysphasia may benefit from early intervention and specialized education.
- Dysphasia can affect both the ability to speak and to understand spoken language.