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noun
A type of aphasia traditionally associated with neurological damage to Wernicke's area in the brain; the patient speaks with normal grammar, syntax, and intonation, but may use the wrong words or insert non-existent words.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fluent aphasia, receptive aphasia, sensory aphasia, impressive aphasia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aphasia
History
Named after Carl Wernicke, a German neurologist and psychiatrist.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
