"Stroke" : Brain damage caused by occlusion or rupture of a blood vessel in the brain
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Aphasia
Difficulty in producing or comprehending speech not produced by deafness or a simple motor deficit; caused by brain damage.
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Brocas Aphasia
Form of aphasia characterized by agrammatism, anomia, and extreme difficulty in speech articulation.
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Function Word
Preposition, article, or other word that conveys little of the meaning of a sentence but it is important in specifying its grammatical structure
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Content Word
Noun, verb, adjective, or adverb that conveys meaning
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Brocas Area
A region of frontal cortex, located just rostral to the left base of the left primary motor cortex, that is necessary for normal speech production
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Agrammatism
One of the usual symptoms of Brocas aphasia; difficulty in comprehending or properly enjoying grammatical devices, such as verb endings and word order.
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Anomia
Difficulty in finding the appropriate word to describe an object, action, or attribute; one of the symptoms of aphasia.
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Apraxia of Speech
Impairment in the ability to program movements of the tongue, lips, and throat required to produce the proper sequence of speech sounds
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Wernickes Area
Region of auditory association cortex on the left temporal lobe of humans, which is important in the comprehension of words and the production of meaningful speech.
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Wernickes Aphasia
Form of aphasia characterized by poor speech comprehension and fluent but meaningless speech
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Pure Word Deafness
Ability to hear, to speak, and usually to read and write without being able to comprehend the meaning of speech caused by damage to Wernickes area or disruption of auditory input to this region
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Transcortical Sensory Aphasia
Speech disorder in whcih person has difficulty comprehending speech and producing meaningful spontaneous speech but can repeat speech
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Autotopagnosia
Inability to name body parts or identify body parts that another person names
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Arcuate Fasciculus
Bundle of axons that connects Wernickes area with Brocas area, when damaged causes conduction aphasia
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Conduction Aphasia
Aphasia characterized by inability to repeat words that are heard but the ability to speak normally and comprehend speech of others
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Pure Alexia
Loss of the ability to read without loss of the ability to write; produced by brain damage
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Difficulty in producing or comprehending speech not produced by deafness or a simple motor deficit; caused by brain damage.
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Aphasia
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Form of aphasia characterized by agrammatism, anomia, and extreme difficulty in speech articulation.
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Preposition, article, or other word that conveys little of the meaning of a sentence but it is important in specifying its grammatical structure
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Noun, verb, adjective, or adverb that conveys meaning
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