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APHASIA

loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection)

The meaning of the word aphasia is loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection).

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defunctno longer living, existing, or functioning
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deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
venerateto regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
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transcribeto make a written copy of
misnomerthe misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
purgeto clear of guilt
sepulchera place of burial : tomb
solemnityformal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event