WERNICKE'S APHASIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Wernicke's aphasia mean? 

• WERNICKE'S APHASIA (noun)
  The noun WERNICKE'S 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: WERNICKE'S APHASIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WERNICKE'S APHASIA (noun)

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 ("Wernicke's aphasia" is a kind of...):

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