- total aphasia
- global a.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
total aphasia
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total aphasia — noun loss of all ability to communicate • Syn: ↑global aphasia • Hypernyms: ↑aphasia … Useful english dictionary
aphasia — [ə fā′zhə, ə fā′zhē ə, ə fā′zē ə] n. [ModL < Gr < aphatos, unuttered < a , not + phatos < phanai, to say: see PHONO ] total or partial loss of the power to use or understand words, usually caused by brain disease or injury aphasic [ə… … English World 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
aphasia — noun /əˈfeɪzɪə/ A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Brocas area and Wernikes area, causes aphasia. The Doctor came over in three minutes, and heard the story.… … Wiktionary
aphasia — The disruption or total loss of the faculty of speech, often resulting from local damage to the left hemisphere of the brain. In ancient scepticism aphasia is the silence enjoined on us after we have suspended judgement on things … Philosophy dictionary
global aphasia — noun loss of all ability to communicate • Syn: ↑total aphasia • Hypernyms: ↑aphasia … Useful english dictionary
global aphasia — aphasia involving all the functions of spoken or written language and comprehension; called also central a., complete a., expressive receptive a., and total a … Medical dictionary
Global aphasia — The symptoms of global aphasia are those of severe Broca s aphasia and Wernicke s aphasia combined. There is an almost total reduction of all aspects of spoken and written language, in expression as well as comprehension. Improvement may occur in … Wikipedia
speech disorder — n. any conspicuous speech imperfection, or variation from accepted speech patterns, caused either by a physical defect in the speech organs or by a mental disorder, as aphasia, stuttering, etc. * * * ▪ medicine Introduction any of the… … Universalium
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
