Diseases

Language Disorders

Conditions characterized by deficiencies of comprehension or expression of written and spoken forms of language. These include acquired and developmental disorders.

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Abstract

Conditions characterized by deficiencies of comprehension or expression of written and spoken forms of language. These include acquired and developmental disorders.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Language Disorder
  • Acquired Language Disorders
  • Language Disorders, Acquired
  • Acquired Language Disorder
  • Language Disorder, Acquired

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Aspects Covered

31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

/ther: consider also LANGUAGE THERAPY; do not confuse with SPEECH DISORDERS: read differentiation of LANGUAGE & SPEECH under LANGUAGE; do not confuse with LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS: see note there

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History Note

1967

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Previous Indexing

  • Language (1966)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Language Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007806. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007806
  2. Language Disorders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_disorder
  3. Language Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10469820