Aphasic patients may produce nonsensical or meaningless words called
A) paraphasias.
B) dyslexias.
C) confabulations.
D) neologisms.

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Nonsensical or meaningless words produced by aphasic patients are called neologisms. Paraphasias are errors in speech production where a patient may produce a word that is similar in sound to the intended word but with a different meaning (e.g. saying "cat" instead of "hat"). Dyslexia is a disorder that affects reading, not speech production. Confabulations are false or distorted memories, not related to speech production or language disorders.

Aphasic Patients May Produce Nonsensical or Meaningless Words Called