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social assimilation

1. the process by which two or more cultures or cultural groups are gradually merged, although one is likely to remain dominant.

2. the process by which individuals are absorbed into the culture or mores of the dominant group.

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transcortical aphasia

transcortical aphasia

a general term for an aphasia caused by a lesion outside of Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area. As a result, the individual will be able to repeat spoken words but will have difficulty producing independent speech or understanding speech. There are three classic forms: transcortical motor aphasia, transcortical sensory aphasia, and mixed transcortical aphasia (i.e., the motor and sensory forms combined).