See Also: Wernicke's area(medicine)
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wernicke's aphasia(medicine)
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Wernicke's aphasia(health)
Wernicke's syndrome(medicine)

Hysterical neurosis (medicine) and Wernicke's area (medicine)


Hysterical neurosis (medicine)


hysterical neurosis
<psychiatry> A conversion of emotional stress or mental disturbance into a physical symptom.

Examples include paralysis, blindness, inability to speak or another sudden debilitating problem for no reason evident through testing.


Wernicke's area (medicine)


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Wernicke's centre


The region of the cerebral cortex thought to be essential for understanding and formulating coherent, propositional speech; it encompasses a large region of the parietal and temporal lobes near the lateral sulcus of the left cerebral hemisphere; corresponding approximately to Brodmann's areas 40, 39, and 22.

Synonym: sensory speech centre, Wernicke's area, Wernicke's field, Wernicke's region, Wernicke's zone.