Term Name: | semantic dementia |
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Synonyms: | semantic variant of primary progressive aphasia, semantic variant PPA |
Definition: | A primary progressive aphasia that is characterized by the progressive, amodal and profound loss of semantic knowledge and behavioral abnormalities, attributable to the degeneration of the anterior temporal lobes. |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:0081391] ( DOID:0081391 ) |