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motor aphasia
Broca's aphasia
ataxic aphasia
expressive aphasia
nonfluent aphasia
Definition: aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired
Definition: impairment of the ability to speak and write, due to a lesion in the insula and surrounding operculum including Broca's motor speech area. (The patient understands written and spoken words but has difficulty uttering the words.)