CONDUCTION APHASIA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

associative aphasia; conduction aphasia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("conduction aphasia" is a kind of...):

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

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