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A loss of the ability to mentally produce or comprehend language.

Usually a result of damage to the language centres of the brain.

Types of aphasia:

- [Broca's aphasia]? (expressive aphasia)
- [Wernicke's aphasia]? (receptive aphasia)
- [Nominal aphasia]? ([anomic aphasia]?)
- [Global aphasia]?
- [Conduction aphasia]?

and a few weirder varieties:

- [Transcortical Motor Aphasia]?
- [Subcortical Motor Aphasia]?
- [Transcortical Sensory Aphasia]?
- [Subcortical Sensory Aphasia]?


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