Definition of Sensory aphasia

1. Noun. Aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words.


Medical Definition of Sensory aphasia

1. Aphasia in which there is impairment in the comprehension of spoken and written words, associated with effortless, articulated, but paraphrasic, speech and writing; malformed words, substitute words, and enologisms are charcteristic. When severe, and speech is incomprehensible, it is called jargon aphasia. The patient often appears unaware of his deficit. Synonym: fluent aphasia, impressive aphasia, posterior aphasia, psychosensory aphasia, receptive aphasia, Wernicke's aphasia. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sensory Aphasia

sensorineural hearing loss
sensorineural hearing loss
sensorium
sensorium
sensoriums
sensorivascular
sensorivasomotor
sensors
sensory
sensory
sensory(a)
sensory activity
sensory amblyopia
sensory amusia
sensory aphasia (current term)
sensory aphasia (current term)
sensory areas
sensory ataxia
sensory cell
sensory cortex
sensory crossway
sensory decussation of medulla oblongata
sensory deprivation
sensory epilepsy
sensory epilepsy
sensory faculty
sensory ganglion
sensory hair
sensory image
sensory nerve

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