| wernicke |
| wernicke | (n) German neurologist best known for his studies of aphasia (1848-1905), Syn. Karl Wernicke |
| wernicke's aphasia | (n) aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words, Syn. receptive aphasia, sensory aphasia, impressive aphasia, fluent aphasia |
| wernicke's area | (n) the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people, Syn. Wernicke's center |
| wernicke's encephalopathy | (n) inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism |