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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

attribute go
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

state go
the way something is with respect to its main attributes

condition, status go
a state at a particular time

physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition go
the condition or state of the body or bodily functions

upset, disorder go
a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning

nervous disorder, neurological disorder, neurological disease go
a disorder of the nervous system

brain disorder, encephalopathy, brain disease go
any disorder or disease of the brain

aphasia
inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion

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8 Subcategories

auditory aphasia, acoustic aphasia, word deafness go
an impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss
conduction aphasia, associative aphasia go
aphasia in which the lesion is assumed to be in the association tracts connecting the various language centers in the brain
global aphasia, total aphasia go
loss of all ability to communicate
motor aphasia, Broca's aphasia, ataxic aphasia, expressive aphasia, nonfluent aphasia go
aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired
nominal aphasia, anomic aphasia, anomia, amnesic aphasia, amnestic aphasia go
inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects
transcortical aphasia go
a general term for aphasia that results from lesions outside of Broca's area or Wernicke's area of the cerebral cortex
visual aphasia, alexia, word blindness go
inability to perceive written words
Wernicke's aphasia, fluent aphasia, receptive aphasia, sensory aphasia, impressive aphasia go
aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words