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nouninability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesiontype of:
Definition that contains aphasia
- expressive aphasia aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired
- fluent aphasia aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
- conduction aphasia aphasia in which the lesion is assumed to be in the association tracts connecting the various language centers in the brain; patient's have difficulty repeating a sentence just heard
- wernicke's aphasia aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
- motor aphasia aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired
- impressive aphasia aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
- ataxic aphasia aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired
- nonfluent aphasia aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired
- receptive aphasia aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
- broca's aphasia aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired