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Noun: anomia  u'now-mee-u
  1. Inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects
    - nominal aphasia, anomic aphasia, amnesic aphasia, amnestic aphasia
Noun: Anomia
  1. Type genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters
    - genus Anomia

Derived forms: anomias

Type of: alogia, aphasia, mollusk genus

Part of: Anomiidae, family Anomiidae

Encyclopedia: Anomia