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expressive aphasia

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aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired

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Anomic aphasia is the aphasia presentation of tumors in the language zone; it is the aphasia presentation of Alzheimer's disease. citation *Individuals with Expressive aphasia frequently speak short, meaningful phrases that are produced with great effort. Source: Internet

Expressive aphasia also differs from apraxia of speech which is a motor disorder characterized by an inability to create and sequence motor plans for speech. Source: Internet

For example, a person with Expressive aphasia may say, "Walk dog," which could mean "I will take the dog for a walk", "You take the dog for a walk" or even "The dog walked out of the yard". Source: Internet

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