Amnestic Aphasia (Noun)
Meaning
Inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The patient suffered from amnestic aphasia after the accident and could not remember the names of common objects.
- Neurologists diagnosed the individual with amnestic aphasia due to the difficulty in retrieving words to identify everyday items.
- Following the stroke, she was left with amnestic aphasia and found it challenging to recall the names of people and places.
- Researchers discovered that amnestic aphasia can also affect one's ability to write the names of objects despite being able to describe them.
- The study on brain injuries found that individuals with amnestic aphasia often struggle with recalling the names of objects shown to them in pictures.