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Aphasia Moderate

Aphasia has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion

2

A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.

See Also
dysnomia bradyphrasia monophasia specific language impairment pick's disease paranomia paraphasia aphasic
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
brain disorder
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
auditory aphasia conduction aphasia global aphasia motor aphasia nominal aphasia transcortical aphasia visual aphasia Wernicke's aphasia
Rhyming Words
asia hsia tsia ssia kasia mysia ousia dasia zosia ossia misia basia resia opsia kassia cassia bassia idesia clusia amusia
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