noun
- Plural of dysphasia; people who have dysphasia, a language disorder affecting the ability to express or understand speech, typically caused by brain injury or neurological condition.
Usage: medical/clinical term; often used in healthcare and educational contexts
Examples
- Speech therapists work with dysphasics to help restore language abilities after stroke.
- The study examined how dysphasics process written language differently than unaffected individuals.
- Many dysphasics benefit from intensive rehabilitation programs.
- Dysphasics may have difficulty finding the right words despite understanding what is said to them.
- The clinic specializes in treating both children and adults who are dysphasics.