fluent aphasia
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Related to fluent aphasia: Wernicke's aphasia, Progressive aphasia
fluent aphasia
[¦flü·ənt ə′fā·zhə] (psychology)
Aphasia in which the facility of articulation, grammatical organization, and rate of speech are well preserved, while the comprehension of language and word choice are most affected; typically caused by lesions posterior to the rolandic fissure.
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