Impaired or absent comprehension or production of, or communication by, speech, writing, or signs, due to an acquired lesion of the dominant cerebral hemisphere. Syn: alogia(1), anepia, logagnosia, logamnesia, logasthenia.
Origin
[G. speechlessness, fr. a- priv. + phasis, speech]
acoustic aphasia
acquired epileptic aphasia
amnestic aphasia
anomic aphasia
anterior aphasia
associative aphasia
ataxic aphasia
auditory aphasia
Broca’s aphasia
conduction aphasia
crossed aphasia
expressive aphasia
fluent aphasia
functional aphasia
global aphasia
graphic aphasia
graphomotor aphasia
impressive aphasia
jargon aphasia
Kussmaul’s aphasia
mixed aphasia
motor aphasia
nominal aphasia
nonfluent aphasia
pathematic aphasia
posterior aphasia
psychosensory aphasia
pure aphasias
receptive aphasia
semantic aphasia
sensory aphasia
syntactical aphasia
total aphasia
transcortical aphasia
visual aphasia
Wernicke’s aphasia