Diseases

Anomia

A language dysfunction characterized by the inability to name people and objects that are correctly perceived. The individual is able to describe the object in question, but cannot provide the name. This condition is associated with lesions of the dominant hemisphere involving the language areas, in particular the TEMPORAL LOBE. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p484)

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Abstract

A language dysfunction characterized by the inability to name people and objects that are correctly perceived. The individual is able to describe the object in question, but cannot provide the name. This condition is associated with lesions of the dominant hemisphere involving the language areas, in particular the TEMPORAL LOBE. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p484)

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Synonyms

20 entry terms
  • Anomic Dysphasia
  • Aphasia, Amnesic
  • Aphasia, Anomic
  • Aphasia, Nominal
  • Dysnomia
  • Nominal Dysphasia
  • Amnesic Aphasia
  • Anomic Aphasia
  • Anomic Dysphasias
  • Dysnomias
  • Dysphasia, Anomic
  • Dysphasia, Nominal
  • Dysphasias, Anomic
  • Dysphasias, Nominal
  • Nominal Aphasia
  • Nominal Dysphasias
  • Color Anomia
  • Anomia, Color
  • Anomias, Color
  • Color Anomias

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31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

inability to name objects: do not confuse with ANOMIE ("state of social disorganization & demoralization in society...", often called "anomia")

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History Note

1991(1980); use APHASIA 1975-1979

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Previous Indexing

  • Aphasia (1966-1979)

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  1. C10w.597.606.150w.500w.090w
  2. C23.888w.592.604.150w.500w.090w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Anomia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000849. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000849
  2. Anomia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomic_aphasia
  3. Anomia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q567576