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."
The nurse will note on his chart that he is using or experiencing:
a.
Blocking
b.
Neologism
c.
Circumlocution
d.
Circumstantiality
ANS: C
Circumlocution is a roundabout expression, substituting a phrase when one cannot think of the name of the object.
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