Wernicke's area

Wernicke's area
/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]

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