nonfluent
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a word derived from
fluent.
fluentadjectivespoken or written with ease.
Example Sentences
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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