expressive aphasia
[ ik-spres-ivuh-fey-zhuh ]
noun
a language production disorder, usually caused by a stroke or neurodegenerative disease, and characterized by impairment of language competence in articulation, productive phonology, morphology, syntax, or semantics.
Origin of expressive aphasia
1First recorded in 1910–15
- See also Broca's aphasia.
Words Nearby expressive aphasia
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