wernicke's center

1. 1.

   the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people

   SynonymsWernicke's area

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   Part oflanguage area

Questions about wernicke's center

What does wernicke's center mean?

wernicke's center means "the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people".

What is another word for wernicke's center?

Close synonyms include Wernicke's area. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wernicke's center a common word?

wernicke's center is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.