Broca's aphasia

noun

A disorder where a sufferer is unable to use fluent grammar when speaking or writing, and utterances are almost always ungrammatical.

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Meanings

nounBroca's aphasia (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA disorder where a sufferer is unable to use fluent grammar when speaking or writing, and utterances are almost always ungrammatical.

    Synonyms: agrammatic aphasia, expressive aphasia

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA disorder where a sufferer is unable to use fluent grammar when speaking or writing, and utterances are almost always ungrammatical.

More synonyms by meaning

nounaphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired

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motor aphasiaataxic aphasiaexpressive aphasianonfluent aphasia
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Translations

Afrikaans Broca se afasie
  • Broca se afasiea disorder where a suffer is unable to use fluent grammar
Finnish Brocan afasia, ekspressiivinen afasia
  • Brocan afasiaa disorder where a suffer is unable to use fluent grammar
  • ekspressiivinen afasiaa disorder where a suffer is unable to use fluent grammar
French aphasie de Broca
  • aphasie de Brocaa disorder where a suffer is unable to use fluent grammar
Indonesian afasia Broca, afasia ekspresif
  • afasia Brocaa disorder where a suffer is unable to use fluent grammar
  • afasia ekspresifa disorder where a suffer is unable to use fluent grammar
Portuguese afasia de Broca
  • afasia de Brocaa disorder where a suffer is unable to use fluent grammar
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APA

Broca's aphasia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Broca's%20aphasia

MLA

“Broca's aphasia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Broca's%20aphasia. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Broca's aphasia,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Broca's%20aphasia.

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