| APHAGIA | • aphagia n. (Medicine) The condition of difficulty in swallowing. • APHAGIA n. the inability to eat or swallow. |
| APHAKIA | • aphakia n. (Ophthalmology) The absence of the lens of the eye, causing hypermetropia and a loss of accommodation. • APHAKIA n. absence of the lens of the eye. |
| APHASIA | • aphasia n. (Pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left… • APHASIA n. the inability to use or comprehend words. |
| APHASIC | • aphasic adj. (Speech pathology) Affected by, or pertaining to, aphasia. • aphasic n. (Speech pathology) One who is afflicted by symptoms of aphasia. • APHASIC n. one suffering from aphasia, also APHASIAC. |
| APHELIA | • aphelia n. (Astronomy) plural of aphelion. • APHELION n. (Greek) the farthest point of a planet's orbit from the sun. |
| APHESES | • apheses n. Plural of aphesis. • APHESIS n. (Greek) the loss of an unstressed vowel from the beginning of a word. |
| APHESIS | • aphesis n. (Linguistics, prosody) The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word. • APHESIS n. (Greek) the loss of an unstressed vowel from the beginning of a word. |
| APHETIC | • aphetic adj. (Phonology) Of, relating to, or formed by aphesis. • aphetic adj. (Astrology) Of or relating to the apheta; life-giving. • APHETIC adj. relating to aphesis, the loss of an unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word. |
| APHIDES | • aphides n. Plural of aphis. • APHIS n. a plant-louse, a member of genus Aphis which includes greenfly, etc., also APHID. |
| APHONIA | • aphonia n. (Medicine) Loss of voice; the inability to speak. • APHONIA n. loss of voice. |
| APHONIC | • aphonic adj. Of, relating to, or exhibiting aphonia; unable to speak. • aphonic n. A person who has aphonia. • APHONIC n. one suffering with aphonia. |
| APHOTIC | • aphotic adj. Having no light, especially no sunlight; specifically (biology, oceanography) describing that part of… • APHOTIC adj. lightless, esp. as designating that part of the ocean not reached by sunlight. |
| APHTHAE | • aphthae n. Plural of aphtha. • APHTHA n. (Latin) the disease thrush; a small whitish ulcer on the surface of a mucous membrane. |
| APHYLLY | • APHYLLY n. absence of leaves. |