Wernicke's aphasia — noun aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words • Syn: ↑fluent aphasia, ↑receptive aphasia, ↑sensory aphasia, ↑impressive aphasia • Hypernyms: ↑aphasia * * *… … Useful english dictionary
Wernicke's aphasia — /vair ni keez, keuhz/, Pathol. a type of aphasia caused by a lesion in Wernicke s area of the brain and characterized by grammatical but more or less meaningless speech and an apparent inability to comprehend speech. [see WERNICKE S AREA] * * * … Universalium
Aphasia — For other uses, see Aphasia (disambiguation). Aphasia Classification and external resources ICD 10 F80.0 F80.2, R … Wikipedia
Wernicke's area — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Approximate location of Wernicke s area highlighted in grey Caption2 = IsPartOf = Components = Artery = Vein = BrainInfoType = ancil BrainInfoNumber = 252 MeshName =… … Wikipedia
Wernicke's encephalopathy — Infobox Disease Name = Wernicke encephalopathy Caption = Thiamine DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|E|51|2|e|50 ICD9 = ICD9|265.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = emerg eMedicineTopic = 642 MeshID = Wernicke encephalopathy is a syndrome… … Wikipedia
Wernicke syndrome — is an ambiguous term. It may refer to:*Wernicke aphasia: the eponymous term for receptive or sensory aphasia.*Wernicke encephalopathy: an acute neurological syndrome of ophthalmoparesis, ataxia, and encephalopathy brought on by thiamine… … Wikipedia
aphasia — /euh fay zheuh/, n. Pathol. the loss of a previously held ability to speak or understand spoken or written language, due to disease or injury of the brain. [1865 70; < Gk: speechlessness, equiv. to a A 6 + phat(ós) spoken (deriv. of phánai to… … Universalium
Wernicke, Carl — ▪ German neurologist born May 15, 1848, Tarnowitz, Pol., Prussia died June 15, 1905, Thüringer Wald, Ger. German neurologist who related nerve diseases to specific areas of the brain. He is best known for his descriptions of the aphasias… … Universalium
Aphasia — Literally aphasia means no speech. Aphasia can apply to a defect in expression or comprehension. * * * Impaired or absent comprehension or production of, or communication by, speech, writing, or signs, due to an acquired lesion of the dominant… … 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
