paraphasia

A feature of certain aphasic syndromes (i.e. Wernicke's & conduction aphasia) in which the person has lost the ability to speak correctly, substituting one word for another & jumbling words & sentences unintelligibly.

Related

aphasia conduction aphasia Wernicke's aphasia; fluent aphasia; garbled speech

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999