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expressive aphasia

[ ik-spres-iv uh-fey-zhuh ]

noun

  1. a language production disorder, usually caused by a stroke or neurodegenerative disease, and characterized by impairment of language competence in articulation, productive phonology, morphology, syntax, or semantics.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of expressive aphasia1

First recorded in 1910–15

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