aphasic speech. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Dr. Sacks described his work with aphasic patients. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Weissman: Sarah's Smiles] Reference
And sometimes I get" I don't know" aphasic, I guess. From Wordnik.com. [Duma Key]
A person who is aphasic may be competent to make a will. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
Language functioning in schizophrenia and aphasic patients. From Wordnik.com. [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference
Like he recognizes it is English but in some aphasic way it doesnt make sense. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Limbaugh compares Pelosi to a terrorist for saying passing health care is more important than re-election.] Reference
Because he'd had an aphasic stroke in 1948 that had left him unable to read and write. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Lesion studies suggesting more precise localization of specific linguistic functions remain a cornerstone to this day in aphasic research. From Wordnik.com. [The Philosophy of Neuroscience] Reference
It left her paralyzed, aphasic and unable to make any reasoned decisions beyond whether to use a fork or spoon or which color dress to wear. From Wordnik.com. [President And First Lady In Health Care Forum Fl] Reference
I remember meeting an aphasic patient in his 70s who had lost his English very largely but who was able to produce some words in a foreign language. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-01-01] Reference
The aphasic person is excessively nervous as is the stutterer; he undergoes the same anxiety to get his words out and the same fear of being ridiculous. From Wordnik.com. [Stammering, Its Cause and Cure] Reference
(Even Ike's famously rambling press-conference answers, according to his press secretary, were purposeful obfuscations rather than aphasic incompetence.). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
The shelves of plumbing equipment, and there seem to be acres of them, contain not a single item I can name, which gives me an idea of what it feels like to be aphasic. From Wordnik.com. [Nickel and Dimed]
Oddly, if I listen to two Dutch people speaking a few metres away from me, I have the strong impression that they are speaking perfect English and I have become aphasic. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THE DIFFICULTY OF JAPANESE.] Reference
The writing in The Picture of Dorian Gray was poor – characters lecturing each other, aphasic dialogue, book-saidism, and when was the last time you saw someone “knit their brows”?. From Wordnik.com. [Readings & Watchings « It Doesn't Have To Be Right…] Reference
We enrolled six aphasic patients affected by acute stroke. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
A childhood accident left him aphasic, making it difficult to speak. From Wordnik.com. [The New Republic - All Feed] Reference
And not just from the dire-eyed, aphasic bits or loopy, abrasive ephemera of. From Wordnik.com. [Cokemachineglow.com] Reference
Boys especially are often dumb-bound, monophrastic, inarticulate, and semi-aphasic save in their own vigorous and inelegant way. From Wordnik.com. [Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene] Reference
It was the old familiar room, with the tables set like a Greek II, and the sideboard, and the aphasic piano, and the panels on the wall. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrecker] Reference
He was mute for about eight years (the aphasic deal) and supposedly, the first word he spoke came when, upon seeing a dog, he proclaimed, "woofness.". From Wordnik.com. [The New Republic - All Feed] Reference
However, despite being exceedingly busy, I've also felt strangely aphasic these days, as if thoughts are floating around without coalescing into anything. From Wordnik.com. [Larval Subjects .] Reference
However blithe and aphasic it might be when finishing a thought, it is not actually confounding, which makes it an improvement over much of the Vortex's fare. From Wordnik.com. [Austinist] Reference
At any rate, this is a far cry from Rose Morton’s aphasic phantom. From Wordnik.com. [Experiencing the Next World Now] Reference
I’d gone from being part of the network of humanity to an aphasic imbecile. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2009 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
"Somebody faking it would have said they had an aphasic stroke if you asked them a direct question about it, but they wouldn't have ... and that wasn't the only instance. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
I'm mute, aphasic. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Meritocracy] Reference
Thalamiclike aphasic responses, 254. From Wordnik.com. [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference
I told her make sense, you're aphasic. From Wordnik.com. [She tolled me] Reference
Nobody but an aphasic speaks without rules. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Fowler on Pronunciation:] Reference
She was totally aphasic but not paralyzed. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Maybe he's aphasic?. From Wordnik.com. [It's like the scab you can't stop picking at.] Reference
The aphasic mind. From Wordnik.com. ["Earthquake Warning Has Oregon on Its Toes."] Reference
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