sensory aphasia
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A patient with sensory aphasia speaks fluently but cannot understand the doctor's questions.
Definition
Noun: * A type of aphasia (language disorder) characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and a severe impairment in the ability to understand spoken or written words. It results from damage to the brain's language comprehension areas, typically Wernicke's area.
Usage
- The term is used in clinical, medical, and neurological contexts to diagnose and describe a specific language impairment.
- It is a formal, technical term.
Examples
- After the stroke affecting the left temporal lobe, the patient was diagnosed with sensory aphasia.
- A key symptom of sensory aphasia is the production of sentences that are grammatically correct but contain nonsensical or incorrect words.
- The neurologist explained that sensory aphasia primarily disrupts the comprehension of language.
Advanced Usage
- Sensory aphasia is often contrasted with (which primarily affects speech production) and (which affects both production and comprehension).
- In historical and some clinical contexts, it is synonymous with Wernicke's aphasia.
Variants and Related Words
- Wernicke's aphasia (n): The most common direct synonym for sensory aphasia, named after the neurologist who identified it.
- Receptive aphasia (n): Another synonym emphasizing the impairment in language reception/comprehension.
- Fluent aphasia (n): A descriptive synonym highlighting the preserved fluency of speech.
- Aphasia (n): The general term for an acquired language disorder caused by brain damage.
Synonyms
- Wernicke's aphasia
- Receptive aphasia
- Fluent aphasia
Antonyms
- Broca's aphasia (n): A non-fluent aphasia where speech production is halting and effortful, but comprehension is relatively preserved.
- Anarthria (n): A motor speech disorder involving difficulty articulating words, not a language comprehension disorder.
A patient with sensory aphasia speaks fluently but cannot understand the doctor's questions.
Noun
- aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words