anomia

2 definitions found

anomia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anomia \A*no"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? irregular; 'a priv. +
     no'mos law.] (Zool.)
     A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called
     from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated
     for attachment.
     [1913 Webster]

anomia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  anomia
      n 1: inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken
           names of objects [syn: nominal aphasia, anomic aphasia,
           anomia, amnesic aphasia, amnestic aphasia]
      2: type genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters [syn:
         Anomia, genus Anomia]