See Also: aphasia, wernicke(medicine)
wernicke's aphasia(medicine)
Wernicke's aphasia(health)
Wernicke(dictionary)
Wernicke, Karl(medicine)
Wernicke's zone(medicine)
Wernicke's syndrome(medicine)
Wernicke's sign(medicine)
Wernicke's reaction(medicine)
Wernicke's radiation(medicine)

polyclonal (iou) and wernicke's aphasia (medicine)


polyclonal (iou)



polyclonal adjective. E20.
[from POLY- + CLONAL.]
Biology. Consisting of or derived from many clones.

wernicke's aphasia (medicine)


Wernicke's aphasia -->
sensory aphasia
Aphasia in which there is impairment in the comprehension of spoken and written words, associated with effortless, articulated, but paraphrasic, speech and Writing; malformed words, substitute words, and enologisms are charcteristic. When severe, and speech is incomprehensible, it is called jargon aphasia. The patient often appears unaware of his deficit.

Synonym: fluent aphasia, impressive aphasia, posterior aphasia, psychosensory aphasia, receptive aphasia, Wernicke's aphasia.