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Broca's areas

Broca's areas is the plural of Broca's area.

Meaning of Broca's area

Noun

Broca's area (plural Broca's areas)

  1. An area of the frontal lobe of the brain associated with the control of speech.
    • Broca discovered the brainʼs speech centre in the frontal lobe — the first time that anyone had connected an area of the brain to a specific action. The speech centre is still called Brocaʼs area.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 89

Questions about Broca's areas

What is Broca's areas the plural of?
Broca's areas is the plural of Broca's area.

Words near Broca's areas in the dictionary

  1. Brobst
  2. Brobsts
  3. Broca
  4. Broca's aphasia
  5. Broca's area
  6. Broca's areas
  7. Broca's region
  8. Broca's regions
  9. brocade
  10. brocaded
  11. brocadelike

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