- 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. 2011.