WERNICKE'S AREA


Meaning of WERNICKE'S AREA in English

/vair"ni keuhz, -keez/ , Anat.

a portion of the left posterior temporal lobe of the brain, involved in the ability to understand words.

[ named after Karl Wernicke (1848-1905), German neurologist, who discovered it ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .