- impressive aphasia
- receptive a.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
impressive aphasia
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impressive aphasia — noun aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words • Syn: ↑Wernicke s aphasia, ↑fluent aphasia, ↑receptive aphasia, ↑sensory aphasia • Hypernyms: ↑aphasia … Useful english dictionary
Aphasia — Literally aphasia means no speech. Aphasia can apply to a defect in expression or comprehension. * * * Impaired or absent comprehension or production of, or communication by, speech, writing, or signs, due to an acquired lesion of the dominant… … Medical dictionary
Wernicke's aphasia — noun aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words • Syn: ↑fluent aphasia, ↑receptive aphasia, ↑sensory aphasia, ↑impressive aphasia • Hypernyms: ↑aphasia * * *… … Useful english dictionary
fluent aphasia — noun aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words • Syn: ↑Wernicke s aphasia, ↑receptive aphasia, ↑sensory aphasia, ↑impressive aphasia • Hypernyms: ↑aphasia … Useful english dictionary
receptive aphasia — noun aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words • Syn: ↑Wernicke s aphasia, ↑fluent aphasia, ↑sensory aphasia, ↑impressive aphasia • Hypernyms: ↑aphasia … Useful english dictionary
sensory aphasia — noun aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words • Syn: ↑Wernicke s aphasia, ↑fluent aphasia, ↑receptive aphasia, ↑impressive aphasia • Hypernyms: ↑aphasia * * *… … Useful english dictionary
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