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Noun: receptive aphasia
  1. Aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
    - Wernicke's aphasia, fluent aphasia, sensory aphasia, impressive aphasia

Derived forms: receptive aphasias

Type of: alogia, aphasia

Encyclopedia: Receptive aphasia