Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An area located in the frontal lobe usually of the left cerebral hemisphere and associated with the motor control of speech.
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- noun anatomy An area of the
frontal lobe of thebrain associated with the control ofspeech
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- noun the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Paul Broca, (1824–1880), French surgeon and physical anthropologist.]
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For Paul Broca, French anatomist.
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