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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 people
Familiarity information: WERNICKE'S AREA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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