anomia (n.)

  1. inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects

    [ Syn: nominal aphasia , anomic aphasia , amnesic aphasia , amnestic aphasia ]

  2. type genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters

    [ Syn: anomia , genus anomia ]

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