WERNICKE'S AREA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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:

Nouns denoting body parts

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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