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Definitions of aphasia in various dictionaries:
noun - inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
Partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from damage to the brain caused by injury or disease.
noun - loss of the ability to use words
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| Greek for "speechlessness", & often caused by a stroke, it's the loss of the ability to speak & understand words |
| From the Greek for "speechless", it's the loss or ability to use or comprehend language |
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| Partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from damage to the brain caused by injury or disease. |
| inability (or impaired ability) to understand or produce speech, as a result of brain damage. |
| inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion |
| a medical condition that makes a person unable to speak, write, or understand speech or writing because of damage to the brain |
| Inability (or impaired ability) to understand or produce speech, as a result of brain damage. |
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Aphasia is an inability to comprehend and formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions. This damage is typically caused by a cerebral vascular accident (stroke), or head trauma; however, these are not the only possible causes. To be diagnosed with aphasia, a person's speech or language must be significantly impaired in one (or several) of the four communication modalities following acquired brain injury or have significant decline over a short time period (progressive aphasia). The four communication modalities are auditory comprehension, verbal expression, reading and writing, and functional communication. * The difficulties of people with aphasia can range from occasional trouble finding words to losing the ability to speak, read, or write; intelligence, however, is unaffected. Expressive language and receptive language can both be affected as well. Aphasia also affects visual language such as sign language. In contrast, the use of formulaic expressions in everyday co |