Also a condition found in elderly people, characterized as an inability to find the right word in conversation, even though they have the right hardware and vocabulary to do it.

A*no"mi*a (#), n. [NL., fr. Gr. irregular; priv. + 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.

 

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