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Wernicke's Aphasia


Specialty Definitions: Wernicke's Aphasia

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Medicine

Sensory aphasia in which the comprehension of written and spoken words is lost, although articulation is retained. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Wernicke's Aphasia

Synonyms: fluent aphasia (n), impressive aphasia (n), receptive aphasia (n), sensory aphasia (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Wernicke's Aphasia

English words defined with "Wernicke's aphasia": transcortical aphasia. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Wernicke's Aphasia

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Health

This type is also known as sensory, posterior, or Wernicke's aphasia. (references)

In contrast to Broca's aphasia, damage to the temporal lobe may result in a fluent aphasia that is called Wernicke's aphasia. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Wernicke's Aphasia

Language Translations for "Wernicke's aphasia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

sensorisk afasi (Bastian aphasia, cortical sensorial aphasia, impressive aphasia, sensory aphasia, word deafness). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

aphasie van Bastian-Wernicke (Bastian aphasia, cortical sensorial aphasia). (various references)

   

French

  

aphasie totale sensorielle corticale, aphasie sensorielle, aphasie de Bastian. (various references)

   

German

  

totale sensorische Aphasie (Bastian aphasia, cortical sensorial aphasia), Bastian-Wernicke Aphasie (Bastian aphasia, cortical sensorial aphasia), Bastian Aphasie (Bastian aphasia, cortical sensorial aphasia). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αισθητική αφασία του Bastian (Bastian aphasia, cortical sensorial aphasia). (various references)

   

Italian

  

afasia di Bastian (Bastian aphasia, cortical sensorial aphasia). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ernicke'sway aphasiaay

   

Spanish

  

afasia sensitiva (Bastian aphasia, cortical sensorial aphasia), afasia receptiva (Bastian aphasia, cortical sensorial aphasia). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: Wernicke's Aphasia


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010111 01100101 01110010 01101110 01101001 01100011 01101011 01100101 00100111 01110011 00100000 01000001 01110000 01101000 01100001 01110011 01101001 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 0065 0072 006E 0069 0063 006B 0065 0027 0073      0041 0070 0068 0061 0073 0069 0061

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5771848075697771985235827467857567

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