transcortical aphasia

Definitions of transcortical aphasia
  1. noun
    a general term for aphasia that results from lesions outside of Broca's area or Wernicke's area of the cerebral cortex
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    type of:
    aphasia
    inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
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