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nonfluent

  • a word derived from fluent.
    fluent
    adjective
    spoken or written with ease.

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Some people with FTD have impaired speech production in what is called nonfluent FTD.

From Scientific American ● May 26, 2023

These variants come in three main subtypes: semantic, nonfluent, and logopenic.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 9, 2023

People with the nonfluent subtype have trouble speaking but retain the meaning of words.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 9, 2023

Because of her brain injury, she has nonfluent aphasia today and can speak only in single words or short phrases.

From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2022

By contrast, people with nonfluent aphasia have suffered damage the front portion of their brain's language-dominant regions.

From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2022