PIERRE-PAUL BROCA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different people; remembered for his discovery that articulate speech depends on an area of the brain now known as Broca's area (1824-1880)

Synonyms:

Broca; Pierre-Paul Broca

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

anthropologist (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)

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