expressive aphasia

Noun

Meaning

aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

motor aphasia ataxic aphasia nonfluent aphasia aphasia dysphasia anomic aphasia conduction aphasia global aphasia jargon aphasia articulation disorder communication impairment language expression deficit language processing problem lexical access difficulty lexical retrieval challenge
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Hypernyms

aphasia

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

expressive expressive abstraction expressive acting expressive arts therapy expressive countenance expressive dance