Preferred Name

expressive aphasia

Synonyms

Broca's aphasia

agrammatic aphasia

Definitions

An aphasia that is characterized by damage to, or a developmental issues in, the anterior regions of the brain, including (but not limited to) the left inferior frontal region known as Broca's area. Sufferers of this form of aphasia exhibit the common problem of agrammatism. For them, speech is difficult to initiate, non-fluent, labored, and halting.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000705

definition

An aphasia that is characterized by damage to, or a developmental issues in, the anterior regions of the brain, including (but not limited to) the left inferior frontal region known as Broca's area. Sufferers of this form of aphasia exhibit the common problem of agrammatism. For them, speech is difficult to initiate, non-fluent, labored, and halting.

has exact synonym

Broca's aphasia

agrammatic aphasia

has_obo_namespace

symptoms

id

SYMP:0000705

label

expressive aphasia

notation

SYMP:0000705

prefLabel

expressive aphasia

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000508

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