Author: Glossary
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Syntactic aphasia
Inability to use proper grammatical constructions.
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Sensory aphasia
Inability to understand spoken words if the auditory word center is involved (auditory aphasia) or written words if the visual word center is affected (word blindness). If both centers are involved, the patient will understand neither spoken nor written words. A condition marked by challenges in comprehending spoken or written language, typically attributed to damage…
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Semantic aphasia
Inability to understand the meanings of words.
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Primary progressive aphasia
A form of dementia characterized primarily by inability to name objects or recall words during conversation. Progressive deterioration in the use of language is characteristic of this dementia. By contrast, in Alzheimer disease, deficits in short-term memory (and social interaction) occur before language use deteriorates. A form of dementia marked by the inability to recall…
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Optic aphasia
A form of agnosia marked by inability to name an object recognized by sight without the aid of sound, taste, or touch.
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Mixed aphasia
Combined receptive and expressive aphasia.
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Global aphasia
Total aphasia involving failure of all forms of communication. A state distinguished by the partial or complete deprivation of the capacity to express oneself verbally or in written form, arising from extensive damage to the language centers of the brain. This condition can arise from various causes such as a stroke, head trauma, brain neoplasm,…
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Gibberish aphasia
Utterance of meaning less phrases.
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Fluent aphasia
Aphasia in which words are easily spoken but are incorrect and may be unrelated to the content of the other words spoken.
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Crossed aphasia
Aphasia that develops paradoxically in a right-handed person after a stroke or lesions affecting the right hemisphere.