wernicke : Idioms & Phrases


karl wernicke

  • noun German neurologist best known for his studies of aphasia (1848-1905)
    Wernicke.
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wernicke's aphasia

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • noun inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism
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