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Broca's aphasia
[ broh-kuhz uh-fey-zhuh ]
noun
, Pathology.
- a type of aphasia associated with a lesion in Broca's area of the brain, and characterized by impairment of articulation, halting speech, impaired ability to produce complex syntax, or lack of grammatical morphemes.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Broca's aphasia1
First recorded in 1955–60; after P. Broca
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