anomia

[ uh-noh-mee-uh ]

/ əˈnoʊ mi ə /

the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.

Origin of anomia

< New Latin, irregular < Greek a- a-⁶ + Latin nōm(en) name + -ia -ia

Anomia has an irregularly rounded shell, with one convex and one flat or concave valve.

The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide |Augusta Foote Arnold
This singular shell, known only in a fossil state, in the Palozic beds, is placed by Linnus in the genus Anomia.

A Conchological Manual |George Brettingham Sowerby
The Terebratul are included in the genus Anomia in the system of Linnus.

A Conchological Manual |George Brettingham Sowerby
The singular structures composing this genus were formerly taken for bivalves, and named Anomia Tricuspidata, &c.

A Conchological Manual |George Brettingham Sowerby

It has the same sort of calcified byssus as Anomia, and also the hole to accommodate it in the smaller valve.

The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide |Augusta Foote Arnold

anomia

[ ə-nō′mē-ə ]

nominal aphasia