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impressive aphasia

 

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Noun impressive aphasia has 1 sense
  1. Wernicke's aphasia, fluent aphasia, receptive aphasia, sensory aphasia, impressive aphasia - aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
    --1 is a kind of aphasia

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Impressive Aphasia

Definition: Impressive aphasia, also known as receptive aphasia or Wernicke's aphasia, is a language disorder that affects the understanding and comprehension of spoken and written words. It is typically caused by damage to the areas of the brain responsible for language processing.

Senses:

Sense 1:

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: The condition of impaired understanding and comprehension of language, often resulting in fluent but meaningless speech.

Example sentence: He suffered from impressive aphasia after the stroke, and his speech became nonsensical.

Sense 2:

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition: Referring to something or someone that leaves a strong impression or has a profound impact on others.

Example sentence: The artist's latest painting was truly impressive, capturing the beauty of nature in a breathtaking way.

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