paraphasia

Introduction

A feature of certain aphasic syndromes (i.e. Wernicke's & conduction aphasia) in which the person has lost the ability to speak correctly, substituting one word for another & jumbling words & sentences unintelligibly.

More general terms

• sign/symptom

Additional terms

• aphasia
• conduction aphasia
• Wernicke's aphasia; fluent aphasia; garbled speech