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TRANSCORTICAL APHASIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A general term for aphasia that results from lesions outside of Broca's area or Wernicke's area of the cerebral cortex
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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("transcortical aphasia" is a kind of...):
aphasia (inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion)