Aphasia, Wernicke
MESHD001041
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 and Bannister, Clinical Neurology, 7th ed, p141; Kandel et al., Principles of Neural Science, 3d ed, p846)
Synonyms
- Dysphasia, Wernicke
- Wernicke Dysphasia
- Dysphasia, Wernicke's
- Dysphasia, Wernickes
- Wernicke's Dysphasia
- Fluent Aphasia, Wernicke's
- Aphasia, Wernicke's Fluent
- Fluent Aphasia, Wernicke
- Fluent Aphasia, Wernickes
- Wernicke's Fluent Aphasia
- Wernicke Aphasia
- Aphasias, Wernicke
- Wernicke Aphasias
- Receptive Aphasia
- Aphasia, Receptive
- Dysphasia, Receptive
- Dysphasias, Receptive
- Receptive Dysphasia
- Receptive Dysphasias
- Sensory Aphasia
- Aphasia, Sensory
- Dysphasia, Fluent
- Dysphasias, Fluent
- Fluent Dysphasia
- Fluent Dysphasias
- Aphasia, Fluent
- Fluent Aphasia
- Aphasia, Psychosensory
- Aphasias, Psychosensory
- Psychosensory Aphasia
- Psychosensory Aphasias
- Dysphasia, Sensory
- Dysphasias, Sensory
- Sensory Dysphasia
- Sensory Dysphasias
- Aphasia, Jargon
- Aphasias, Jargon
- Jargon Aphasia
- Jargon Aphasias
- Aphasia, Posterior
- Aphasias, Posterior
- Posterior Aphasia
- Posterior Aphasias
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