conduction aphasia
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conduction aphasia
[kən′dək·shən ə‚fā·shə] (psychology)
A form of aphasia featuring selectively impaired repetition, with relatively fluent speech production and good comprehension, often associated with damage in the white matter underlying the parietal operculum.
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