PPA
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PPA
Abbreviation for:palpation, percussion and auscultation
participating provider agreement
Pathology Practice Association
phenylpropanolamine
phenylpyruvic acid
plasminogen proactivator
Pittsburgh Pneumonia Agent
posterior pulmonary artery
postpartum amenorrhoea
preferred provider arrangement
Prescription Pricing Authority, see there
price per accession
primary peritoneal adenocarcinoma
primary progressive aphasia
pure pulmonary atresia
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PPA
1. Palpation, Percussion & Ausculation.
2. Pittsburgh pneumonia agent.
3. Postpartum amenorrhea.
4. Price per accession.
5. Pure pulmonary atresia.
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PPA
Abbreviation for primary progressive aphasia.
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aphasia
(a-fa'zh(e-)a) [ Gr. aphasia, speechlessness]Absence or impairment of the ability to communicate by speech, writing, or signs because of brain dysfunction. It is considered complete or total when both sensory and motor areas are involved. See: alalia
acquired epileptiform aphasia
Landau-Kleffner syndrome.amnesic aphasia
Anomic aphasia.anomic aphasia
Inability to name objects; loss of memory for words.
auditory aphasia
Word deafness.Broca's aphasia
Motor aphasia.conduction aphasia
Aphasia marked by an inability to repeat what one has heard and by impaired writing and word finding.
crossed aphasia
Aphasia that develops paradoxically in a right-handed person after a stroke or lesion affecting the right hemisphere.
executive aphasia
Motor aphasia.fluent aphasia
Aphasia in which words are easily spoken but are incorrect and may be unrelated to the content of the other words spoken.
gibberish aphasia
Utterance of meaningless phrases.
global aphasia
Total aphasia involving failure of all forms of communication.
infantile acquired aphasia
Landau-Kleffner syndrome.jargon aphasia
Communication that results in the use of jargon or disconnected words.
mixed aphasia
Combined receptive and expressive aphasia.
motor aphasia
Aphasia in which patients know what they want to say but cannot say it because of their inability to coordinate the muscles controlling speech. It may be complete or partial. Broca's area is disordered or diseased. Synonym: aphemia; Broca's aphasia; executive aphasia
nominal aphasia
Inability to name objects.
optic aphasia
A form of agnosia marked by inability to name an object recognized by sight without the aid of sound, taste, or touch.
primary progressive aphasia
Abbreviation: PPAA form of dementia marked by the inability to recall the names of things, to read, or to express oneself with speech The disorder gradually worsens and may ultimately produce other cognitive deficits. Early in the course of the disease, other brain functions of daily living are preserved, e.g., understanding speech, behaving properly, and practicing hobbies. PPA is associated with nonspecific degeneration of neurons in the left hemisphere of the brain.
Synonym: progressive nonfluent aphasiaprogressive nonfluent aphasia
Primary progressive apahasia.semantic aphasia
Inability to understand the meanings of words.
sensory aphasia
Inability to understand spoken words if the auditory word center is involved (auditory aphasia) or written words if the visual word center is affected (word blindness). If both centers are involved, the patient will understand neither spoken nor written words.
syntactic aphasia
Inability to use proper grammatical constructions.
transcortical aphasia
Aphasia in which the ability to repeat words is preserved, but other language functions are impaired.
traumatic aphasia
Aphasia caused by head injury.
visual aphasia
Alexia.Wernicke's aphasia
See: Wernicke, Carlprimary progressive aphasia
Abbreviation: PPAA form of dementia marked by the inability to recall the names of things, to read, or to express oneself with speech The disorder gradually worsens and may ultimately produce other cognitive deficits. Early in the course of the disease, other brain functions of daily living are preserved, e.g., understanding speech, behaving properly, and practicing hobbies. PPA is associated with nonspecific degeneration of neurons in the left hemisphere of the brain.
Synonym: progressive nonfluent aphasiaSee also: aphasia
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