/ Dictionary / Index W Wernicke's aphasia: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Wer'nick•e's apha'sia Pronunciation: (vâr'ni-kēz, -kuz), [key] — Pathol. Pathol. a type of aphasia caused by a lesion in Wernicke's area of the brain and characterized by grammatical but more or less meaningless speech and an apparent inability to comprehend speech. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome Wernicke's area Related Content Daily Word Quiz: morose Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language