Anomia

/əˈnoʊmiə/ noun

Definition

A neurological condition where a person has trouble finding or recalling the right words, especially the names of things, even though they understand what they're looking at.

Etymology

From Greek 'a-' (without) + 'nomos' (law) or possibly 'noma' (name), meaning literally 'without name.' The term evolved in medical contexts in the 1800s to describe language disorders seen in stroke or brain injury patients.

Kelly Says

Anomia is the reason someone might point at a fork and struggle to say 'fork' even though they know exactly what it does and how to use it—the word is there in their brain but they can't access it! This reveals how separate our ability to recognize things is from our ability to name them.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
የስም ላይ ነው
ye-sim la-i new
ARالعربية
اللاسمية
al-lāsmīyah
BNবাংলা
অনোমিয়া
a-no-mi-ya
CACatalà
anomies
a-no-mi-es
CSČeština
anomie
a-no-mi
DADansk
anomie
a-no-mi
DEDeutsch
Anomie
a-no-mi-e
ELΕλληνικά
ανομία
a-no-mi-a
ESEspañol
anonimia
a-no-mi-ni-a
FAفارسی
بی نامی
bi-na-mi
FISuomi
anomia
a-no-mi-a
FRFrançais
anomie
a-no-mi
GUGU
અનોમિયા
a-no-mi-ya
HAHA
anomia
a-no-mi-a
HEעברית
אנומיה
a-no-mi-ya
HIहिन्दी
अनोनिया
a-no-ni-ya
HUMagyar
anomie
a-no-mi
IDBahasa Indonesia
anonimia
a-no-ni-mi-a
IGIG
anomia
a-no-mi-a
ITItaliano
anomia
a-no-mi-a
JA日本語
無名症
mu-mei-shō
KKKK
аномия
a-no-mi-ya
KMKM
អនមិយ
a-no-mi-ya
KO한국어
무명증
mu-myeong-jeung
MRMR
अनोमिया
a-no-mi-ya
MSBahasa Melayu
anomi
a-no-mi
MYမြန်မာ
အမည်မရှိ
a-me-ma-shwi
NLNederlands
anomie
a-no-mi
NONorsk
anomi
a-no-mi
PAPA
ਅਨੋਮੀਆ
a-no-mi-ya
PLPolski
anomia
a-no-mi-a
PTPortuguês
anonimia
a-no-ni-mi-a
RORomână
anomie
a-no-mi
RUРусский
аномия
a-no-mi-ya
SVSvenska
anomi
a-no-mi
SWKiswahili
anomia
a-no-mi-a
TAதமிழ்
பெயர் இல்லாதநிலை
peyir illatha-nailai
TEతెలుగు
పేరులేని స్థితి
pēru-lēni sthiti
THไทย
ภาวะไม่มีชื่อ
pha-wa-mee-chī-chū
TLTL
anonimya
a-no-ni-mya
TRTürkçe
anomi
a-no-mi
UKУкраїнська
аномія
a-no-mi-ya
URاردو
نامlessness
na-m-lessness
VITiếng Việt
sự vô danh
su vơ danh
YOYO
anomia
a-no-mi-a
ZH中文
无名症
wú míng zhèng
ZUZU
anomia
a-no-mi-a

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