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Categories: Neuropsychology, Neurolinguistics, Aphasias, Articles with short description, Stroke

Wernicke's aphasia fluent aphasia receptive aphasia sensory aphasia impressive aphasia

Aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words WordNet 3.0

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Aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Wernicke's aphasia, also known as receptive aphasia, sensory aphasia or posterior aphasia, is a type of aphasia in which individuals have difficulty understanding written and spoken language. Wikipedia

Type of aphasia Wikidata

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. Wiktionary

Aphasia associated with damage to Wernicke's area. Wiktionary (translation)

Inability to understand written, spoken, or tactile speech symbols, due to disease of the auditory and visual word centers, as in word blindness. Wiktionary

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aphasia

disease

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neurology

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Wernicke's aphasia, fluent aphasia, receptive aphasia, sensory aphasia, impressive aphasia

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receptive aphasia

Wikidata

receptive aphasia

Wiktionary

receptive aphasia, Wernicke's aphasia

Wikipedia Redirections

Aphasia, wernicke, fluent aphasia, Receptive dysphasia, Receptive language disorder, sensory aphasia, Wernicke's aphasia, Wernicke aphasia, Wernickes aphasia, Wernike's aphasia

Wikidata Alias

fluent aphasia, posterior aphasia, sensory aphasia, Wernicke’s aphasia