Medical Terminology?

Question

What is the medical term for lack of speech. I have the "phasia" part just need the "lack of" part of the word. thank you.

Answer 1

aphasia

Answer 2

Aphasia is the term you are most likely looking for. There are many other speech terminology definitions too related to impediments, like; Spasmodic dysphonia (or laryngeal dystonia) is a voice disorder characterized by involuntary movements of one or more muscles of the larynx (vocal folds or voice box) during speech. Rhotacism may refer to several phenomena related to the usage of the consonant r (whether as an alveolar tap, alveolar trill, or the rarer uvular trill). As well as, Oculopharyngeal dystrophy (OPD), or oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, is a form of muscular dystrophy characterized in some stages by deformation of the eyelid, speech impediment, and difficulty swallowing due to dystrophia of the pharynx. Just to name a few.

I hope this assisted you.
Good luck to you.

Answer 3

there are two different terms depending how you define "lack of speech" - if you mean - that the person cannot produce sounds
- it's called aphonia "aphonia- an inability to produce speech sounds that require the use of the larynx that is not due to a lesion in the central nervous system."
if you mean that the person can produce sounds but have difficulties, cannot make sentences etc it's called aphasia
"aphasia- an impairment in the understanding or transmission of ideas by language in any of its forms--reading, writing, or speaking--that is due to injury or disease of the brain centers involved in language"

Answer 4

aphasia (a-fa'-zi-a) [Greek. a= not; phasis=speech]. Disorder of speech due to a brain lesion. There are many recognized varieties. Motor aphasia- loss of ability to articulate. Sensory aphasia- loss of power to recognize the written or spoken word.
Aphasia is language dysfunction that may involve impaired comprehension or expression of words or nonverbal equivalents of words. It results from dysfunction of the language centers in the cerebral cortex and basal ganglia or of the white matter pathways that connect them. Diagnosis is clinical, often including neuropsychologic testing, with brain imaging (CT, MRI) to identify cause. Prognosis depends on the nature and extent of damage and patient age. There is no specific treatment, but speech therapy may promote recovery.
Please see the web pages for more details on Aphasia.

Answer 5

Aphasia

The "a-" means without, or lacking.

Other examples are:
Atonia (lack of muscle tone) and alexia (lack of ability to read).

Answer 6

the 2 people had the same answer so i am sure u dont need to hear it again..lol
good luck to ya

Answer 7

hi there,
it is "aphasia"...!

best wishes !