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Broca

[ broh-kuh; French braw-ka ]

noun

  1. Paul [pawl], 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.


Broca

/ brɔka /

noun

  1. BrocaPaul18241880MFrenchMEDICINE: surgeonSOCIAL SCIENCE: anthropologist Paul (pɔl). 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist who discovered the motor speech centre of the brain and did pioneering work in brain surgery
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Broca published an account of the osteological characters a few years later.

Professors Bronn and Broca have urged this objection on the continent.

Broca felt that this observation pointed strongly to a localization of the memory of words in a definite area of the brain.

The destruction of Broca's centre, as was early discovered, does not altogether deprive a patient of his knowledge of language.

Campagne, Broca, G. Wilson, and others about the same time made similar researches.

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