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IMPRESSIVE APHASIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
Synonyms:
fluent aphasia; impressive aphasia; receptive aphasia; sensory aphasia; Wernicke's aphasia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("impressive aphasia" is a kind of...):
aphasia (inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion)