ASSOCIATIVE APHASIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does associative aphasia mean? 

• ASSOCIATIVE APHASIA (noun)
  The noun ASSOCIATIVE APHASIA has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: ASSOCIATIVE APHASIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASSOCIATIVE APHASIA (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

associative aphasia; conduction aphasia

Hypernyms ("associative aphasia" is a kind of...):

aphasia (inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion)