TRANSCORTICAL APHASIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transcortical aphasia mean? 

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

1. a general term for aphasia that results from lesions outside of Broca's area or Wernicke's area of the cerebral cortex

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSCORTICAL APHASIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A general term for aphasia that results from lesions outside of Broca's area or Wernicke's area of the cerebral cortex

Classified under:

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)