conduction aphasia

[ kuhn-duhk-shuhnuh-fey-zhuh ]

/ kənˈdʌk ʃən əˈfeɪ ʒə /

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noun Pathology.

a type of aphasia associated with damage to the pathways that connect Wernicke's area and Broca's area in the left hemisphere of the brain, and characterized by fluent production of words, disrupted by repetition and repair of word choice errors, such as substitutions of phonologically similar words that do not convey the intended meaning.

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Origin of conduction aphasia

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby conduction aphasia

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How to use conduction aphasia in a sentence

I now know this was a conduction-style vaporizer, which requires a chamber to hold the steam.
This Is Your E-Cigarette on Drugs|Daniel Genis|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But a few decades ago this same ability to disrupt nerve conduction led to a medical use: deliberate, targeted paralysis.
The Deadliest Botox Has Arrived|Kent Sepkowitz|October 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Still, she suffered from aphasia, finding it difficult to speak, read and write.
A Stroke That Hits Young Women|Nicole LaPorte|July 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST
This small gap is a place of bad conduction and of the piling up of atoms, producing heat, burning, light.
Steam Steel and Electricity|James W. Steele

With regard to the conduction of sound—it is to be noted that sound is carried astonishingly far by means of compact bodies.
Criminal Psychology|Hans Gross
There is also a trophic differentiation, the fibres undertaking special functions of nutrition (the conduction of the sap).
The Wonders of Life|Ernst Haeckel
The whole question of conduction of electricity through the earth is very perplexing.
The Romance of War Inventions|Thomas W. Corbin
The transmission in the petiole of Mimosa is a phenomenon of conduction.
Life Movements in Plants|Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose