noun
Wernicke's aphasia
A type of aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and impaired comprehension, typically resulting from damage to the posterior superior temporal gyrus.
ウェルニッケ失語症の患者は、言葉を流暢に話すが、内容は意味をなさないことが多い。
Patients with Wernicke's aphasia often speak fluently, but the content often makes little sense.
Broca's aphasia involves non-fluent, effortful speech with relatively preserved comprehension, contrasting with the fluent but meaningless speech of Wernicke's aphasia.
Named after the German neurologist Carl Wernicke, who first described the condition in 1874. The Japanese term combines the eponym ウェルニッケ with 失語症 (aphasia).