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paraphasia
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Paraphasia
Paraphasia is a feature of aphasia in which one loses the ability of speaking correctly, substitutes one word for another, and changes words and sentences in an inappropriate way. It often develops after a stroke or brain injury. The patient`s speech is fluent but is error-prone, e.g. `treen` inste... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphasia
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Paraphasia
A lexical selection error during conversational speech [compare paralexia]. The production of one word when another is meant. Occurs as two sub-types, namely semantic paraphasia and phonemic paraphasia. [Compare neologism.] Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20437
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paraphasia
A form of aphasia in which a person has lost the ability to speak correctly, substituting one word for another, and jumbling words and sentences unintelligibly. ... Synonym: jargon, paragrammatism, paraphrasia, pseudoagrammatism. ... Origin: para-+ G. Phasis, speech ... Thematic paraphasia, incohere... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?paraphasia
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paraphasia
(par″ә-fa´zhә) partial aphasia in which the patient uses wrong words, or uses words in wrong and senseless combinations. Called also paragrammatism, paraphemia, and paraphrasia. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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paraphasia
paraphasia 1. A form of aphasia in which a person has lost the ability to speak correctly, by substituting one word for another, and jumbling words and sentences in an unintelligible way. 2. A speech disorder of neurological origin in which the speaker's words are jumbled unintelligibly. Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1632/3
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paraphasia
Type: Term Pronunciation: par′ă-fā′zē-ă Definitions: 1. A form of aphasia in which a person has lost the ability to speak correctly, substituting one word for another and jumbling words and sentences unintelligibly. Synonyms: paragrammatism, paraphrasia, pseudoagramma... Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=65208
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