Wernicke field
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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
field — A definite area of plane surface, considered in relation to some specific object. [A.S. feld] auditory f. the space included within the limits of hearing of a definite sound, as of a tuning fork … Medical dictionary
Wernicke area (field zone) encephalopathy etc. — Wer·ni·cke area (field, zone), encephalopathy, etc. (verґnĭ kə) [Karl Wernicke, German neurologist, 1848–1905] see under area, encephalopathy, and triangle, and see receptive aphasia, under aphasia … 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
Carl Wernicke — Infobox Scientist name = Carl Wernicke box width = image width =200px caption = Carl Wernicke birth date = 15 May 1848 birth place = Upper Silesia death date = 15 June 1905 death place = Gräfenroda, Germany residence = citizenship = nationality … Wikipedia
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
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