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inability to understand written, spoken, or tactile speech symbols, due to disease of the auditory and visual word centers. Cf. motor a. Called also impressive a., sensory a., and Wernicke a.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Receptive aphasia — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Receptive aphasia Caption = Broca s area and Wernicke s area ICD10 = ICD10|F|80|2|f|80 ICD9 = ICD9|315.32 ICDO = OMIM = DiseasesDB = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D001041 Receptive aphasia … Wikipedia
receptive aphasia — noun aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words • Syn: ↑Wernicke s aphasia, ↑fluent aphasia, ↑sensory aphasia, ↑impressive aphasia • Hypernyms: ↑aphasia … Useful english dictionary
Aphasia — For other uses, see Aphasia (disambiguation). Aphasia Classification and external resources ICD 10 F80.0 F80.2, R … Wikipedia
aphasia — dysphasia; n. a disorder of language affecting the generation and content of speech and its understanding (it is not a disorder of articulation: see dysarthria). It is caused by damage to the language dominant half of the brain, which is usually… … The new mediacal dictionary
expressive-receptive aphasia — global a … Medical dictionary
Aphasia — Literally aphasia means no speech. Aphasia can apply to a defect in expression or comprehension. * * * Impaired or absent comprehension or production of, or communication by, speech, writing, or signs, due to an acquired lesion of the dominant… … Medical dictionary
Expressive aphasia — Classification and external resources Broca s area and Wernicke s area ICD 10 F80 … Wikipedia
Conduction aphasia — Classification and external resources Broca s area and Wernicke s area MeSH … Wikipedia
Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder — Classification and external resources ICD 9 315.32 Mixed receptive expressive language disorder (DSM IV 315.32) is a communication disorder in which both the receptive and expressive areas of communication may be affected in any degree, from mild … Wikipedia
sensory aphasia — n inability to understand spoken, written, or tactile speech symbols that results from damage (as by a brain lesion) to an area of the brain (as Wernicke s area) concerned with language called also receptive aphasia, Wernicke s aphasia * * *… … Medical dictionary
