SENSORY APHASIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words

Synonyms:

fluent aphasia; impressive aphasia; receptive aphasia; sensory aphasia; Wernicke's aphasia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

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