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aphasia  

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  • Aphasia refers broadly to disorders of language, which may be developmental (occurring because of an abnormal course of development) or acquired (occurring because of external disease such as stroke, brain tumor, etc.). The term is used somewhat inconsistently. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Mind; Aphasia]

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