Meaning of dysnomia | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The daemon (minor deity) of lawlessness, listed by Hesiod among the daughters of Eris.
   Greek
2. Anomic aphasia, a condition affecting the memory that impairs the recall of words or names.
   countable, uncountable
3. The only known moon of the dwarf planet Eris.
4. Impaired or deficient ability to recall words or names.
   countable, uncountable
5. An incident of a person not recalling a word or name.
   countable

Examples

“2013, Annette Kujawski Taylor, Dysnomia, entry in Annette Kujawski Taylor (editor), Encyclopedia of Human Memory, ABC-CLIO (Greenwood), page 404, Dysnomia is a disorder in which a person has difficulty naming people or objects. Some sources consider⟳ it a milder form⟳ of anomia, which is a type⟳ of aphasia, or disorder of language. Dysnomia seems to be more clearly memory related and specifically related to a retrieval deficit. Presented with an object, most people who suffer⟳ from dysnomia can describe⟳ the object, talk⟳ about how it can be used, and what category of objects it falls into. However, they are unable to come⟳ up with the name⟳ for it.”

“Dysnomia refers to a large group of children who talk⟳ and understand⟳ well but have⟳ difficulty with word retrieval.[…]Dysnomia is a well-established antecedent to stuttering or stammering.”

“1977, J. Gordon Millichap (editor), Learning Disabilities and Related Disorders, Year Book Medical Publishers, page 49, Though we have⟳ no statistical data to back it up, our impression has been that medication prescribed for a child's behavioral problems, or for seizure control⟳, sometimes have⟳ a stabilizing effect on these episodic dysnomias.”

“The delay⟳ in speech and language development, especially expressive function with auditory discrimination, dysnomias, word-finding difficulties, etc. implies that these children, especially in school situations, have⟳ difficulties in verbalizing experiences, as well as in reading and writing.”

“2012, Roberta F. White, Frederic E. Rose, The Boston Process⟳ Approach⟳, Gerald Goldstein, Theresa M. Incagnoli (editors), Contemporary Approaches to Neuropsychological Assessment, Plenum Press⟳, page 183, For this reason⟳ we have⟳ developed an ancillary 40-item naming test⟳, the Diamond Naming Test⟳ (DNT) (Diamond, Diamond, & White, 1987), using lower frequency names to explore⟳ subtle dysnomias in such subjects (items include⟳ targets such as andirons).”

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