-phasia

-phasia

suff.

A speech disorder of a specified kind: dysphasia.

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[Greek -phasiā, speech, from phasis, utterance, from phanai, to say, speak; see bhā- in Indo-European roots.]

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-phasia

n combining form

(Pathology) indicating speech disorder of a specified kind: aphasia.

[from Greek, from phanai to speak]

-phasic adj combining form, n combining form

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