Preferred Label : aphasia, wernicke;

MeSH definition : Impairment in the comprehension of speech and meaning of words, both spoken and written, and of the meanings conveyed by their grammatical relationships in sentences. It is caused by lesions that primarily affect Wernicke's area, which lies in the posterior perisylvian region of the temporal lobe of the dominant hemisphere. (From Brain & Bannister, Clinical Neurology, 7th ed, p141; Kandel et al., Principles of Neural Science, 3d ed, p846);

MeSH synonym : dysphasia, wernicke's; aphasias, wernicke; wernicke aphasias; aphasia, wernicke's fluent; wernicke dysphasia; dysphasia, wernicke; wernicke's dysphasia; wernicke's fluent aphasia; fluent aphasia, wernickes; fluent aphasia, wernicke's; wernicke aphasia; dysphasia, wernickes; fluent aphasia, wernicke;

MeSH Hyperonym : receptive aphasia; aphasia, posterior; Aphasias, Posterior; Posterior Aphasia; Posterior Aphasias; Aphasia, Receptive; Dysphasia, Receptive; Dysphasias, Receptive; Receptive Dysphasia; Receptive Dysphasias; Sensory Aphasia; Aphasia, Sensory; Aphasia, Psychosensory; Aphasias, Psychosensory; Psychosensory Aphasia; Psychosensory Aphasias; Aphasia, Fluent; Fluent Aphasia; Dysphasia, Fluent; Dysphasias, Fluent; Fluent Dysphasia; Fluent Dysphasias; Dysphasia, Sensory; Dysphasias, Sensory; Sensory Dysphasia; Sensory Dysphasias;

Related MeSH term : aphasia, jargon; Aphasias, Jargon; Jargon Aphasia; Jargon Aphasias;

MeSH annotation : do not confuse with APHASIA, BROCA where subject understands language but cannot express it;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphasia, wernicke;

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Impairment in the comprehension of speech and meaning of words, both spoken and written, and of the meanings conveyed by their grammatical relationships in sentences. It is caused by lesions that primarily affect Wernicke's area, which lies in the posterior perisylvian region of the temporal lobe of the dominant hemisphere. (From Brain & Bannister, Clinical Neurology, 7th ed, p141; Kandel et al., Principles of Neural Science, 3d ed, p846)

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