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receptive aphasia

DEFINITIONS OF: receptive aphasia

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

Synonyms:
Wernicke's aphasia, fluent aphasia, impressive aphasia, sensory aphasia
Type of:
aphasia
inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
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