Wernicke's area

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun An area in the posterior left hemisphere of the brain cortex at the sylvian fissure that is important for language comprehension and speech.

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• noun The posterior section of the superior temporal gyrus in the dominant cerebral hemisphere, one of two parts of the cerebral cortex linked with speech (the other being Broca's area).

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