Anomic aphasia (also known as dysnomia, nominal aphasia, and amnesic aphasia) is a disorder which causes problems with recalling words or names. == Overview == Anomic aphasia (anomia) is a type of aphasia characterized by problems recalling words or names. Subjects often use circumlocutions (speaking in a roundabout way) in order to express a cert...
See anomia (2).
Synonym for nominal aphasia ... An aphasia in which the principal deficit is difficulty in naming persons and objects seen, heard, or felt; due to lesions in various portions of the language area. ... Synonym: amnestic aphasia, amnesic aphasia, anomia, anomic aphasia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
inability to name objects, qualities, or conditions. Called also amnestic or nominal aphasia.
Type: Term Synonyms: nominal aphasia
Anomic aphasia: See Anomia.
anomic aphasia The inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects.