Look up: aphasia

1. Aphasia
   Disturbance in language comprehension or production, often as a result of a stroke.
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2. aphasia
   [n] - inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
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3. Aphasia
   Generic term for a wide variety of acquired neurogenic language disorders. An impairment to a greater or lesser extent of higher cognitive language processing, rather than of the more peripheral sensory and motor systems. Alternatively, `a multimodality reduction in capacity to decode (interpret) an...
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4. aphasia
   Loss or impairment of the power of speech or writing, or of the ability to understand written or spoken language or signs, due to a brain injury or disease.
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5. Aphasia
   Loss of ability to express oneself or comprehend language because of brain damage
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6. Aphasia
   Inability to express oneself properly through speech or loss of verbal comprehension; sensory and motor areas may be involved.
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7. Aphasia
   Absence of ability to speak.
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8. Aphasia
   Our Aphasia Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Aphasia Aphasia: One in a group of speech disorders in which there is a defect or loss of the power of expression by speech, writing, or signs, or a defect or loss of the power of comprehension of spoken or writ...
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9. aphasia
   the term aphasia has been used to denote an inability,caused by cerebral dysfunction,to communicate in reading,writing or speaking or to receive meaning from spoken or written words. Category: Medicine
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10. aphasia
    <clinical sign, neurology> A defect or loss of the ability to speak or write, loss of ability to understand spoken or written language, due to injury or disease of the brain centres. ... Origin: Gr. Phasis = speech ... (16 Dec 1997) ...
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11. aphasia
    noun inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
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12. aphasia
    (ә-fa´zhә) a type of speech disorder consisting of a defect or loss of the power of expression by speech, writing, or signs, or of comprehension of spoken or written language, due to disease or injury of the brain centers, such as after stroke syndrome on the left side. adj., apha´sic., adj.
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13. Aphasia
    • (n.) Alt. of Aphasy
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14. aphasia
    defect in the expression and comprehension of language caused by damage to the temporal and the frontal lobes of the brain. Aphasia can be caused by ... [9 related articles]
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15. aphasia
    (a neg. + Gr. phasis speech) defect or loss of the power of expression by speech, writing, or signs, or of comprehending spoken or written language, due to injury or disease of the brain centres.
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16. aphasia
    aphasia 1. A defect or loss of expression by speech, writing, or signs, or of comprehending spoken or written language, due to injury or disease of the brain centers. 2. One in a group of speech disorders in which there is a defect or loss of the power of expression by speech, writing, or signs, or...
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17. aphasia
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-fā′zē-ă Definitions: 1. Impaired or absent comprehension or production of, or communication by, speech, reading, writing, or signs, caused by an acquired lesion of the dominant cerebral hemisphere. Synonyms: alogia1
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18. Aphasia
    see Developmental Aphasia
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19. aphasia
    aphasia (ufā'zhu) , language disturbance caused by a lesion of the brain, making an individual partially or totally impaired in his ability to speak, write, or comprehend the meaning of spoken or written words. It is distinguished from functional disorders such as stammering or stuttering,...
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20. Aphasia
    Aphasia is a symptom of certain morbid conditions of the nervous system, in which the patient loses the power of expressing ideas by means of words, or loses the appropriate use of words, the vocal organs the while remaining intact and the intelligence sound. There is sometimes an entire loss of wor...
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21. aphasia
    General term for the many types of disturbance in language that are due to brain damage, especially in the speech areas of the dominant hemisphere
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22. Aphasia
    Inability to speak.
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23. aphasia
    (ua-fa;zhua) Defects in speech, writing, or in the comprehension of spoken or written language caused by brain damage or disease.
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24. aphasia
    (ua-fa;zhua) Defects in speech, writing, or in the comprehension of spoken or written language caused by brain damage or disease.
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25. Aphasia
    (band) `Aphasia` is a California based alternative rock band. History: Aphasia was a California-based alternative rock band. Forming in 1999, the band solidified their sound and lineup in high school, and began playing shows around the Bay Area, their local area. They are from Burlingame, CA....
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