Aphasia
A cognitive disorder marked by an impaired ability to comprehend or express language in its written or spoken form. This condition is caused by diseases which affect the language areas of the dominant hemisphere. Clinical features are used to classify the various subtypes of this condition. General categories include receptive, expressive, and mixed forms of aphasia.
Year introduced: 1963
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Tree Number(s): C10.597.606.150.500.800.100, C23.888.592.604.150.500.800.100
MeSH Unique ID: D001037
Entry Terms:
- Word Deafness
- Deafness, Word
- Alogia
- Alogias
- Anepia
- Anepias
- Logagnosia
- Logagnosias
- Logamnesia
- Logamnesias
- Logasthenia
- Logasthenias
- Aphasia, Acquired
- Acquired Aphasia
- Dysphasia
- Aphasia, Ageusic
- Ageusic Aphasia
- Ageusic Aphasias
- Aphasia, Auditory Discriminatory
- Auditory Discriminatory Aphasia
- Auditory Discriminatory Aphasias
- Discriminatory Aphasia, Auditory
- Discriminatory Aphasias, Auditory
- Aphasia, Commisural
- Aphasias, Commisural
- Commisural Aphasia
- Commisural Aphasias
- Aphasia, Functional
- Functional Aphasia
- Functional Aphasias
- Aphasia, Global
- Global Aphasia
- Global Aphasias
- Dysphasia, Global
- Global Dysphasia
- Global Dysphasias
- Aphasia, Graphomotor
- Graphomotor Aphasia
- Graphomotor Aphasias
- Aphasia, Intellectual
- Intellectual Aphasia
- Intellectual Aphasias
- Aphasia, Mixed
- Mixed Aphasia
- Mixed Aphasias
- Aphasia, Post-Ictal
- Aphasia, Post Ictal
- Post-Ictal Aphasia
- Post-Ictal Aphasias
- Aphasia, Post-Traumatic
- Aphasia, Post Traumatic
- Post-Traumatic Aphasia
- Post-Traumatic Aphasias
- Aphasia, Progressive
- Progressive Aphasia
- Progressive Aphasias
- Dejerine-Lichtheim Phenomenon
- Dejerine Lichtheim Phenomenon
- Phenomenon, Dejerine-Lichtheim
- Lichtheim's Sign
- Lichtheim Sign
- Lichtheims Sign
- Sign, Lichtheim's
- Aphasia, Semantic
- Semantic Aphasia
- Semantic Aphasias
- Aphasia, Syntactical
- Syntactical Aphasia
- Syntactical Aphasias
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