ANOMIA


Meaning of ANOMIA in English

[ ə'nəʊmɪə ]

■ noun Medicine a form of aphasia in which the patient is unable to recall the names of everyday objects.

Derivatives

anomic adjective

Origin

early 20th cent.: from a- 1 + L. nomen 'name' + -ia 1 .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.