Impairment in the comprehension of speech and meaning of words, both spoken and written, and of the meanings conveyed by their grammatical relationships in sentences. It is caused by lesions that primarily affect Wernicke's area, which lies in the posterior perisylvian region of the temporal lobe of the dominant hemisphere. (From Brain & Bannister, Clinical Neurology, 7th ed, p141; Kandel et al., Principles of Neural Science, 3d ed, p846)

Synonyms: Dysphasia, Wernicke, Aphasia, Jargon, Wernicke's Dysphasia, Dysphasia, Fluent, Aphasia, Wernicke, Aphasias, Posterior, Fluent Dysphasia, Receptive Aphasia, Receptive Dysphasia, Jargon Aphasia, Wernicke Aphasias, Fluent Dysphasias, Receptive Dysphasias, Dysphasias, Fluent, Posterior Aphasia, Sensory Dysphasias, Wernicke Aphasia, Dysphasia, Wernicke's, Sensory Dysphasia, Sensory Aphasia, Fluent Aphasia, Psychosensory Aphasia, Dysphasias, Receptive, Aphasia, Receptive, Aphasia, Fluent, Jargon Aphasias, Aphasias, Wernicke, Dysphasia, Receptive, Psychosensory Aphasias, Aphasia, Wernicke's Fluent, Dysphasia, Sensory, Fluent Aphasia, Wernicke's, Aphasia, Sensory, Fluent Aphasia, Wernicke, Posterior Aphasias, Aphasias, Jargon, Wernicke Dysphasia, Dysphasias, Sensory, Aphasia, Psychosensory, Dysphasia, Wernickes, Wernicke's Fluent Aphasia, Aphasia, Posterior, Aphasias, Psychosensory, Fluent Aphasia, Wernickes