Clinical Diagnosis · Nervous System · Medium
Dysphasia
Meaning: Impaired ability to produce or understand language, usually after brain injury, though less severe than total loss.
In practice: After the left-sided stroke she had an expressive dysphasia and struggled to find words.
Word parts
- dys- means difficult or abnormal
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