motor aphasia
- noun
- /ˈmoʊtər əˈfeɪʒə/
- Specialized
:
afasia motora
- After his stroke, he was diagnosed with motor aphasia and struggled to find the words to speak.
Examples
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She has motor aphasia, so while she understands conversations well, forming sentences is highly frustrating for her.
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The patient's motor aphasia made it challenging for her to write simple sentences.
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Therapists worked with him daily to improve communication affected by motor aphasia.
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He was diagnosed with motor aphasia after his stroke.
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Patients with motor aphasia often struggle to speak clearly.
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After his stroke, he was diagnosed with motor aphasia, which made it difficult for him to express his thoughts verbally.
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The therapist specializing in language disorders explained that motor aphasia limits a patient's ability to connect words with their meanings.
Synonyms
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9.1
A condition where a person cannot speak or understand words after brain damage
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7.7
A problem where a person has trouble speaking or writing but can still understand others
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7.5
A condition in which a person understands others but cannot speak or write well
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9.9
A condition in which a person cannot speak but can still understand language
A condition after a stroke that makes speaking and writing very hard while understanding often stays good
Antonyms
- Specialized
Talking that sounds normal but uses wrong words and makes understanding language hard
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is partially inferable: combining 'motor' (movement/speech-related) with 'aphasia' (loss of language) signals a language problem tied to motor/speech functions, so a learner could guess it affects expressive speech. However, the specific clinical nuance (that comprehension is relatively preserved and the deficit is primarily expressive) is technical and not fully predictable from the parts for an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Motor aphasia comes from the words motor and aphasia; motor means 'movement' and aphasia means 'loss of speech'. So the term paints a clear picture: the part of the brain that controls speech movement is affected, so a person often understands others but cannot move their mouth or voice to 'speak' or write.