Word finding difficulty

Japanese: 喚語困難 - かんごこんなん
Word finding difficulty

...the disorder is loss of language. When presented with several familiar objects, aphasics are unable to name them correctly (word finding difficulties). They may also say words that are inappropriate for the names of the objects (word paraphasias), or may say words with slightly different sounds (graphophasias), or may say non-existent words that the patient has made up himself (neologisms). ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "word finding difficulty" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その障害は言葉の喪失である。よく知っているいくつかの物品を示された場合,失語症患者はその正確な名称をいいあてることができない(喚語困難)。また,その物品の名を示すには不適当な語(語性錯語)をいったり,一部の発音が異なる発語(字性錯語)をしたり,患者が勝手に作った実在しない語すなわち新造語をいったりすることもある。…

※「喚語困難」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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