Hypernyms for "aphasia"
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acoustic aphasia
alexia
amnesic aphasia
amnestic aphasia
anomia
anomic aphasia
associative aphasia
ataxic aphasia
auditory aphasia
Broca''s aphasia
conduction aphasia
expressive aphasia
fluent aphasia
global aphasia
impressive aphasia
motor aphasia
nominal aphasia
nonfluent aphasia
receptive aphasia
sensory aphasia
total aphasia
transcortical aphasia
visual aphasia
Wernicke''s aphasia
word blindness
word deafness
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.