paraphasia /para·pha·sia/ (-fa´zhah) partial aphasia in which the patient employs wrong words, or uses words in wrong and senseless combinations (choreic p.) .
paraphasia
par·a·pha·sia (p r  -f  zh) or par·a·phra·sia (-frzh)n. Aphasia in which one loses the power of speaking correctly, substitutes one word for another, and jumbles words and sentences in such a way as to make speech unintelligible. Also called paragrammatism. par a·phasic (-fz k) adj. |
paraphasia
[-fā′zhə]
Etymology: Gk, para + phrasein, to utter
1 a condition in which a person hears and comprehends words but is unable to speak correctly. Incoherent words are substituted for intended words, thereby creating sentences that are unintelligible.
2 speech that is incoherent, unintelligible, and apparently incomprehensible but may be meaningful when carefully interpreted by a psychotherapist. Also called jargon aphasia, word salad.
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