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Impairment in the comprehension of speech and meaning by words, both spoken and written, and of the meanings conveyed by their grammatical relationship in sentences. It is caused by a lesion primarily affecting Wernicke's area, the left posterior portion of the temporal lobe.
(12 Dec 1998)
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