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RECEPTIVE APHASIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does receptive aphasia mean?
• RECEPTIVE APHASIA (noun)
The noun RECEPTIVE APHASIA has 1 sense:
1. aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
Familiarity information: RECEPTIVE APHASIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
fluent aphasia; impressive aphasia; receptive aphasia; sensory aphasia; Wernicke's aphasia
Hypernyms ("receptive aphasia" is a kind of...):
aphasia (inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion)
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