Svensk definition
Förlust (helt eller delvis) av förmågan att tala eller att formulera sina tankar i meningsfulla ord, eller att förstå innebörden i ord eller skrift. Tillståndet beror på sjukdom eller skada som drabbar språkområdena i den dominanta hjärnhalvan. Utifrån kliniska kännetecken kan tillståndet klassificeras i olika undertyper. Huvudkategorierna är receptiv, expressiv och blandad afasi.
Engelsk definition
A cognitive disorder marked by an impaired ability to comprehend or express language in its written or spoken form. This condition is caused by diseases which affect the language areas of the dominant hemisphere. Clinical features are used to classify the various subtypes of this condition. General categories include receptive, expressive, and mixed forms of aphasia.
Engelska synonymer
Alogia — Alogias — Logasthenia — Logasthenias — Logagnosia — Logagnosias — Logamnesia — Logamnesias — Word Deafness — Deafness, Word — Anepia — Anepias — Aphasia, Semantic — Semantic Aphasia — Semantic Aphasias — Aphasia, Syntactical — Syntactical Aphasia — Syntactical Aphasias — Aphasia, Progressive — Progressive Aphasia — Progressive Aphasias — Aphasia, Acquired — Acquired Aphasia — Aphasia, Ageusic — Ageusic Aphasia — Ageusic Aphasias — Aphasia, Auditory Discriminatory — Auditory Discriminatory Aphasia — Auditory Discriminatory Aphasias — Discriminatory Aphasia, Auditory — Discriminatory Aphasias, Auditory — Aphasia, Commisural — Aphasias, Commisural — Commisural Aphasia — Commisural Aphasias — Aphasia, Functional — Functional Aphasia — Functional Aphasias — Aphasia, Global — Global Aphasia — Global Aphasias — Dysphasia, Global — Global Dysphasia — Global Dysphasias — Aphasia, Graphomotor — Graphomotor Aphasia — Graphomotor Aphasias — Aphasia, Intellectual — Intellectual Aphasia — Intellectual Aphasias — Aphasia, Mixed — Mixed Aphasia — Mixed Aphasias — Aphasia, Post-Ictal — Aphasia, Post Ictal — Post-Ictal Aphasia — Post-Ictal Aphasias — Aphasia, Post-Traumatic — Aphasia, Post Traumatic — Post-Traumatic Aphasia — Post-Traumatic Aphasias — Dejerine-Lichtheim Phenomenon — Dejerine Lichtheim Phenomenon — Phenomenon, Dejerine-Lichtheim — Lichtheim's Sign — Lichtheim Sign — Lichtheims Sign — Sign, Lichtheim's — Dysphasia