Meanings
nounWernicke's area (plural Wernicke's areas)
plural Wernicke's areas
- anatomyThe posterior section of the superior temporal gyrus in the dominant cerebral hemisphere, one of two parts of the cerebral cortex linked with speech (the other being Broca's area).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people
Similar
Wernicke's center
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Named after Carl Wernicke, a German neurologist and psychiatrist.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch gebied van Wernicke
- gebied van Wernickeposterior section of the superior temporal gyrus
Finnish Wernicken alue
- Wernicken alueposterior section of the superior temporal gyrus
French aire de Wernicke
- aire de Wernickeposterior section of the superior temporal gyrus
German Wernicke-Zentrum, Wernicke-Areal
- Wernicke-Zentrumposterior section of the superior temporal gyrus
- Wernicke-Arealposterior section of the superior temporal gyrus
- Wernicke-Regionposterior section of the superior temporal gyrus
Italian area di Wernicke
- area di Wernickeposterior section of the superior temporal gyrus
Portuguese área de Wernicke
- área de Wernickeposterior section of the superior temporal gyrus
Spanish área de Wernicke
- área de Wernickeposterior section of the superior temporal gyrus
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