Meanings
plural motor aphasias
- countableuncountablemedicineimpairment of the ability to speak and write, due to a lesion in the insula and surrounding operculum including Broca's motor speech area. (The patient understands written and spoken words but has difficulty uttering the words.)
Synonyms: logaphasia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounimpairment of the ability to speak and write, due to a lesion in the insula and surrounding operculum including Broca's motor speech area. (The patient understands written and spoken words but has difficulty uttering the words.)
More synonyms by meaning
nounaphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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motor aphasia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motor%20aphasia
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