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WERNICKE'S AREA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Wernicke's area mean? 

WERNICKE'S AREA (noun)
  The noun WERNICKE'S AREA has 1 sense:

1. the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most peopleplay

  Familiarity information: WERNICKE'S AREA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WERNICKE'S AREA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

Wernicke's area; Wernicke's center

Hypernyms ("Wernicke's area" is a kind of...):

center; centre; nerve center; nerve centre (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process)

Holonyms ("Wernicke's area" is a part of...):

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


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