Definitions for "DYSNOMIA"
dis-NO-mee-uh A mild form of anomia (word-recall difficulty).
A serious difficulty with remembering names and other words.
A severe difficulty in actually recalling words or names needed for oral or written language. Most people experience this problem from time to time (for example, when a word is "on the tip of their tongue"). A person with dysnomia experiences this phenomenon very frequently.