Inability to utter remembered words, due to lesion in the Broca speech area of the cerebrum, most commonly the result of a cerebrovascular accident (stroke).
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.
Impaired speech articulation, resulting in slow and limited speech production, typically linked to impairments in writing, comprehension, and other cognitive processes unrelated to speech production. It is often caused by damage to the left cerebral hemisphere.