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Definition: Expressive Aphasia |
Expressive AphasiaNoun1. Aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Education | Or motor aphasia means loss of the ability to speak or even communicate to others through gestures. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | Impaired or absent communication by speech, writing, or signs, due to disfunction of brain centres in the dominant hemisphere, may be caused by exposure to industrial chemicals, or to ionizing radiation, or diving. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Expressive aphasia is an aphasia caused by damage to Broca's area in the brain; it is also known as Broca's aphasia.For sufferers of this form of aphasia, speech is difficult to initiate, nonfluent, labored, and halting. Intonation and stress patterns are deficient. Language is reduced to disjointed words and sentence construction is poor; a person with expressive aphasia might say "Son ... University ... Smart ... Boy ... Good ... Good ... "
Comprehension is usually preserved and patients who recover go on to say that they knew what they wanted to say but could not express themselves.
Compare and contrast this with Wernicke's aphasia / receptive aphasia.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Expressive aphasia."
Synonyms: Expressive AphasiaSynonyms: ataxic aphasia (n), motor aphasia (n), nonfluent aphasia (n). (additional references) |
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| Language | Translations for "expressive aphasia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | expressiv afasi (aphemia, ataxic motor aphasia, motor aphasia), ekspressiv afasi (aphemia, ataxic motor aphasia, motor aphasia), ordstumhed (aphemia, ataxic motor aphasia, motor aphasia), motorisk afasi (aphemia, ataxic motor aphasia, motor aphasia), ataktisk motorisk afasi (aphemia, ataxic motor aphasia, motor aphasia). (various references) | |
Dutch | expressieve afasie (aphemia, ataxic motor aphasia, motor aphasia), motorische afasie (aphemia, ataxic aphasia, ataxic motor aphasia, motor aphasia), aphasia atactica (aphemia, ataxic motor aphasia, motor aphasia). (various references) | |
French | aphasie motrice. (various references) | |
German | motorische Aphasia (aphemia, ataxic motor aphasia, motor aphasia). (various references) | |
Italian | afemia (aphemia, ataxic motor aphasia, motor aphasia), afasia motoria (aphemia, ataxic aphasia, ataxic motor aphasia, motor aphasia), afasia di Broca (aphemia, ataxic aphasia, ataxic motor aphasia, motor aphasia). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | expressiveay aphasiaay.(various references) | |
Spanish | afasia motora del habla (aphemia, ataxic motor aphasia, motor aphasia), afasia motora (aphemia, ataxic motor aphasia, motor aphasia). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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