wernicke : Idioms & Phrases
karl wernicke
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noun German neurologist best known for his studies of aphasia (1848-1905)
Wernicke.
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wernicke's aphasia
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noun aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
receptive aphasia; sensory aphasia; fluent aphasia; impressive aphasia.
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wernicke's area
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noun the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people
Wernicke's area.
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wernicke's center
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noun the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people
Wernicke's area.
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wernicke's encephalopathy
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noun inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism