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Broca (French) [brɔka]

(Biographies / Broca, Paul (1824-1880) M, French, MEDICINE: surgeon, SOCIAL 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

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

Pierre-Paul Broca

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