He has suffered from aphasia.
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Aphasia
/əˈfeɪzɪə/
Synonyms for "aphasia" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Noun(1 words)
communication disorder
Strong matches (11)
Noun(4 words)
language deficitlanguage disorder subtypelanguage impairmentlanguage loss
Related words (17)
Noun(4 words)
language subtypeneurolinguistic syndromespeech and language disorderstate of muteness
loss of speechmotor aphasiamutenessmutismparanomiaparaphasiapsychophonastheniaspeech defectspeechlessnesstonguelessnessverbigerationvoicelessnesswordlessness
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesbrain diseasebrain disorderencephalopathylanguage disorderneurological disorderneurological syndrome
More specific
3 entriesBroca's aphasiaWernicke's aphasiaglobal aphasia
Collocations
6 entriesBroca's aphasiaWernicke's aphasiaaphasia assessmentaphasia rehabilitationglobal aphasiastroke induced aphasia
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
9 total sentences available.
After Tom's brain injury, he had aphasia for almost a year.
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Esther has had aphasia for the last month.
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“If music and language are so intimately coupled, we may be able to design rehabilitation treatments that use musical training to help individuals improve speech-related functions that have been impaired due to age, aphasia or stroke,” Bidelman said.
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