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

Inability to recall names of objects. Persons with this problem often can speak fluently but have to use other words to describe familiar objects.

an inability to recall names of people, places, or things. Often seen with long term auditory memory problems (see naming fluency and nominal recall).

A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.

type genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters

ay-NO-mee-uh A form of expressive aphasia characterized by word-finding difficulty (e.g., specific names of people, objects, colors, etc.).

difficulty coming up with words

Difficulty in evoking a desired word