word
Wernicke's area
VER-nih-kez AYR-ee-ah
ˈvɜːrnɪkɪz ˈɛəriəListen
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Wernicke'sarea
Dictionary meaning
a region in the posterior superior temporal gyrus of the left cerebral hemisphere associated with language comprehension; damage to this area produces Wernicke's aphasia, characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severely impaired language understanding; named after German neurologist Carl Wernicke
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