different between aphasia vs apraxia

English

Alternative forms

• aphasy (dated)

Etymology

From French aphasie, from Ancient Greek ?????? (aphasía), from ?????? (áphatos, “speechless”), from ?- (a-, “not”) + ????? (phásis, “speech”). Equivalent to a- +? -phasia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??fe?z??/, /??fe???/

Noun

aphasia (countable and uncountable, plural aphasias)

1. (pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, "The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin" in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 76:

     The Doctor came over in three minutes, and heard the story. ‘It's aphasia,’ he said.

Derived terms

Related terms

• monophasia

Translations

See also

• specific language impairment
• word salad

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (apraxía, “inaction”), from ?- (a-, “without”) +? ?????? (prâxis, “activity”) +? -?? (-ía, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?æks??/

Noun

apraxia (usually uncountable, plural apraxias)

1. (neurology) Total or partial loss of the ability to perform coordinated movements or manipulate objects in the absence of motor or sensory impairment; specifically, a disorder of motor planning.

Translations

See also

• praxis
• avolition

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “apraxia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Portuguese

Noun

apraxia f (plural apraxias)

1. (neurology) apraxia (disorder of motor planning)

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (apraxía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?p?a?sja/, [a?p?a??.sja]
• Hyphenation: a?pra?xia

Noun

apraxia f (plural apraxias)

1. (neurology) apraxia

Derived terms

• apráxico

Further reading

• “apraxia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.