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apraxia

UK //əˈpræk.si.ə//US //əˈpræk.si.ə//

词源

源自希腊语 'a-'(无)+'praxis'(行动),1890年由德国神经学家Hugo Liepmann首次定义。

noun

❶ 失用症,一种神经系统疾病,患者无法执行已学会的复杂动作,尽管肌肉力量和协调能力正常。常见于中风或脑损伤患者。

“After the stroke, he developed apraxia and could no longer tie his shoes.”

(中风后他患上失用症,再也无法系鞋带。)

“The therapist used repetitive exercises to help with her dressing apraxia.”

(治疗师通过重复训练帮助改善她的穿衣失用症状。)

同义词:dyspraxia, motor disorder, movement planning deficit

常见短语

ideational apraxia — 观念性失用症,患者无法按正确顺序完成多步骤动作(如泡茶时先放茶叶后加水)。

“Patients with ideational apraxia might put toothpaste on the brush after putting it in their mouth.”

(观念性失用症患者可能会先把牙刷放进嘴里再挤牙膏。)

constructional apraxia — 结构性失用症,表现为无法绘制或组装简单图形/积木,常见于顶叶损伤。

“His constructional apraxia was evident when he failed to copy a simple cube drawing.”

(当他无法临摹简单立方体时,结构性失用症表现得很明显。)