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A disorder where a sufferer is unable to use fluent grammar when speaking or writing, and utterances are almost always ungrammatical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: motor aphasia, ataxic aphasia, expressive aphasia, nonfluent aphasia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aphasia
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Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
Broca se afasie
— a disorder where a suffer is unable to use fluent grammar
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Finnish:
Brocan afasia
— a disorder where a suffer is unable to use fluent grammar
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Finnish:
ekspressiivinen afasia
— a disorder where a suffer is unable to use fluent grammar
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French:
aphasie de Broca
— a disorder where a suffer is unable to use fluent grammar
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Indonesian:
afasia Broca
— a disorder where a suffer is unable to use fluent grammar
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Indonesian:
afasia ekspresif
— a disorder where a suffer is unable to use fluent grammar
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Portuguese:
afasia de Broca
— a disorder where a suffer is unable to use fluent grammar