LANGUAGE ZONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does language zone mean? 

• LANGUAGE ZONE (noun)
  The noun LANGUAGE ZONE has 1 sense:

1. a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language

  Familiarity information: LANGUAGE ZONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LANGUAGE ZONE (noun)

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Meaning:

A large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

language area; language zone

Hypernyms ("language zone" is a kind of...):

cortical area; cortical region (any of various regions of the cerebral cortex)

Meronyms (parts of "language zone"):

Broca's area; Broca's center; Broca's convolution; Broca's gyrus; convolution of Broca (the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people)

Wernicke's area; Wernicke's center (the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people)

Holonyms ("language zone" is a part of...):

left brain; left hemisphere (the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body)