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paraphasia

noun par·a·pha·sia \-ˈfā-zh(ē-)ə\

Medical Definition of PARAPHASIA

:  aphasia in which the patient uses wrong words or uses words or sounds in senseless combinations—called also paragrammatism
par·a·pha·sic \-ˈfā-zik\ adjective

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