Comprehension

Introduction: Comprehension

Description of Comprehension

Comprehension: Knowledge or understanding of an object, situation, event, or verbal statement.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Comprehension: ability to understand or aquire knowledge; can be via reading, listening, etc.
Source: CRISP

Comprehension: The act or fact of grasping the meaning, nature, or importance of; understanding. (American Heritage Dictionary, 4th ed) Includes understanding by a patient or research subject of information disclosed orally or in writing.
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Comprehension:

Terms Similar to Comprehension:

• Readability
• Understanding

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Mental Competency
• Mental Recall

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Comprehension

• Cognition

Source - MeSH 2007

• cognition
• learning

Source - CRISP

The description of Comprehension may also be used for the following terms:

• understanding

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Comprehension

The following list attempts to classify Comprehension into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Psychological Phenomena and Processes
  • Mental Processes
    • Cognition
      • Comprehension

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