Med. [f. Gr. ἀ priv. + λαλία talking.] Loss of the power of speech.
1878. A. M. Hamilton, Nerv. Dis., 162. In 1840, Lordat … who became aphasic himself, described the disease under the name of alalia.
1879. Syd. Soc. Lex., s.v., When all the letters are gone, the alalia is said to be complete.
