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CONDUCTION APHASIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Aphasia in which the lesion is assumed to be in the association tracts connecting the various language centers in the brain; patient's have difficulty repeating a sentence just heard
Synonyms:
associative aphasia; conduction aphasia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("conduction aphasia" is a kind of...):
aphasia (inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion)