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Broca's area

noun

Etymology

For Paul Broca, French anatomist.

  1. derived from anatomist

Definitions

  1. An area of the frontal lobe of the brain associated with the control of speech.

    • Broca discovered the brainʼs speech centre in the frontal lobe — the first time that anyone had connected an area of the brain to a specific action. The speech centre is still called Brocaʼs area.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Broca's area. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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