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Broca's aphasia

[ broh-kuhz uh-fey-zhuh ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. 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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