noun
Rare medical term for the brain region associated with language comprehension; ウェルニッケ中枢 is the more common synonym.
See also: ウェルニッケ中枢
ウェルニッケ領は言語理解に関わる脳の領域である。
Wernicke's area is a brain region involved in language comprehension.
More common synonym for Wernicke's area; ウェルニッケ領 is rarer and more formal.
From German 'Wernicke-Areal', named after neurologist Carl Wernicke, combined with Japanese 領 (りょう, 'territory, area').