A SYMBOL I A

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 2

(Lat.), n. f. *s)-i2m(u’m)-bo(bo?)'li?-a%, From a priv., and evuBodov, a sign. Ger., Asymbolie. A term proposed by Finkelnburg for the phenomena of aphasia, because those affected with it are unable to make themselves understood by the customary signs (i. e., by words). [R. Arndt (D, 18).]