wernicke's center

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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 • Syn: ↑Wernicke s area • Hypernyms: ↑center, ↑centre, ↑nerve center, ↑nerve centre • Part Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Wernicke's area — noun the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people • Syn: ↑Wernicke s center • Hypernyms: ↑center, ↑centre, ↑nerve center, ↑nerve centre • Part Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Wernicke area — Wernicke second motor speech area originally a term denoting a language center thought to be confined to the posterior part of the superior temporal gyrus adjacent to the transverse temporal gyri; the term now includes a wider zone that… …   Medical dictionary

• Wernicke–Kleist–Leonhard Pathway —    (from 1900)    The central theme in this pathway is classifying psychotic illness not on the basis of outcome, as Kraepelin did, but on the basis of hypothetical underlying neurological impairment or common family history. The pathway had the… …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

• center — 1. The middle point of a body; loosely, the interior of a body. A c. of any kind, especially an anatomical c.. 2. A group of nerve cells governing a specific function. SYN: centrum [TA]. [L. centrum; G. kentron] active c …   Medical dictionary

• Wernicke — Karl, German neurologist, 1848–1905. See W. aphasia, W. area, W. center, W. disease, W. encephalopathy, W. field, W. radiation, W. reaction, W. region, W. sign, W. syndrome, W. zone, W. Korsakoff encephalopathy, W. Korsakoff syndrome …   Medical dictionary

• nerve center — noun 1. a center that provides information and control the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam • Syn: ↑nerve centre • Hypernyms: ↑center, ↑centre 2. a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process in most people the… …   Useful english dictionary

• auditory word center — Wernicke area …   Medical dictionary

• Language center — The language center is part of the human brain cortex where most of language processing takes place. It does not refer to any single or specific part of the brain mdash; mostly because no such physical center is currently known. However, Broca s… …   Wikipedia

• nerve centre — noun 1. a center that provides information and control the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam • Syn: ↑nerve center • Hypernyms: ↑center, ↑centre 2. a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process in most people the… …   Useful english dictionary

• language area — noun a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language • Syn: ↑language zone • Hypernyms: ↑cortical area, ↑cortical region • Part Holonyms: ↑left hemisphere, ↑left brain …   Useful english dictionary