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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

• RECEPTIVE APHASIA (noun)

Sense 1

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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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