A Patient Repeatedly Seems to Have Difficulty Coming Up with a Word

question 36

Multiple Choice

A patient repeatedly seems to have difficulty coming up with a word. He says, "I was on my way to work, and when I got there, the thing that you step into that goes up in the air was so full that I decided to take the stairs." How should the nurse record this on his chart?

• A) Blocking
• B) Neologism
• C) Circumlocution
• D) Circumstantiality

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Definitions:

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