expressive language disorder
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Related to expressive language disorder: Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder, receptive language disorder
expressive language disorder
a communication disorder in children and adults, characterized by problems with expression of language, either oral or signed. It includes difficulties such as limited speech or vocabulary, vocabulary errors, difficulty or hesitation in word selection, oversimplification of grammatical or sentence structure, omission of parts of sentences, unusual word order, and slowed acquisition of language skills. Two types are recognized, acquired and developmental.
expressive language disorder
Neurology A disorder resulting in ability below that expected in vocabulary, production of complex sentences, and word recall Etiology Idiopathic, brain damage, head trauma, malnutritionex·pres·sive lan·guage dis·or·der
(eks-pres'iv lang'gwăj dis-ōr'dĕr)Any problem related to oral communication; may have physical or emotional causes.
expressive language disorder
Failure of a child to learn how to speak, write, or use sign language properly, despite having normal understanding of language and otherwise normal cognitive functions. The impairment in language use is apparent in the child's abnormal composition of sentences, frequent grammatical errors, limited word choices, and difficulty in learning new vocabulary.