BROCA'S AREA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people

Synonyms:

Broca's area; Broca's center; Broca's convolution; Broca's gyrus; convolution of Broca

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("Broca's area" is a kind of...):

center; centre; nerve center; nerve centre (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process)

Holonyms ("Broca's area" is a part of...):

language area; language zone (a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language)

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