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Broca's area

 
–noun Anatomy.
a cerebral area, usually in the left inferior frontal gyrus, associated with the movements necessary for speech production.
Also called Broca's gyrus, Broca's convolution.

Origin:
1900–05; after P. Broca
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broca's gyrus

noun
the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people [syn: Broca's area] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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