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Aphasia Pronunciation
Aphasia is pronounced uh-FAY-zhuh, IPA /əˈfeɪʒə/.
uh-FAY-zhuh
US /əˈfeɪʒə/ · UK /əˈfeɪziə/
Syllables: uh · FAY · zhuh (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: Loss of the ability to understand or produce language, usually after a stroke or head injury.
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Aphasia in a Sentence
- The stroke left him with aphasia for several months.
- Speech therapy can recover a great deal after aphasia.
- She researches aphasia at the neurology institute.
Common Mispronunciations of Aphasia
Not AP-huh-zee-uh
A ph pair is read as a single f, so the word opens uh-FAY and never splits across the p and the h. Phase sits inside it, in sound as well as in sense.
Not uh-FAH-zhuh
An open ah belongs to the Greek original rather than to the English word, which glides from ay towards ee just as phase does.
Tip: British dictionaries give the ending three letters of sound, uh-FAY-zee-uh, while American speech folds it into a single zhuh.
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