"foreign accent syndrome" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foreign accent syndromes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} foreign accent syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural foreign accent syndromes)
  1. (medicine, psychology, neurology) An extremely rare disorder, which may be temporary or permanent, in which a person who has suffered a stroke or other brain trauma recovers but subsequently speaks with a seemingly foreign accent. Wikipedia link: foreign accent syndrome Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine, Neurology, Psychology Hypernyms: speech impediment Translations (rare disorder): vieraan murteen syndrooma (Finnish), syndrome de l’accent étranger [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-foreign_accent_syndrome-en-noun-a72I7p3x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, medicine, neurology, neuroscience, psychology, sciences

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