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Definition of anomia noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

anomia

noun
 
/əˈnəʊmiə/
 
/əˈnəʊmiə/
[uncountable] (medical)
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  1. a medical condition in which somebody cannot remember the names of common objects
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: formed irregularly from a- ‘without, not’ + Latin nomen ‘name’ + -ia.
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