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WERNICKE'S AREA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people
Synonyms:
Wernicke's area; Wernicke's center
Classified under:
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)