motor aphasias

A form of motor aphasia — impairment 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.)

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of motor aphasia
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