Broca

American  

[broh-kuh, braw-ka] / ˈbroʊ kə, brɔˈka /

noun

1. Paul 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.

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Broca British  

/ brɔka /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Broca Houy, head of compliance at Temis Luxury Group, said the company "fully complies with the laws and regulations of the United Arab Emirates for freight forwarder business".

From Reuters • May 25, 2023

Twenty-five years later, Dr. Pierre Paul Broca observed a young man who had lost the ability to speak and could utter only one syllable: “Tan.”

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2022

Following Leborgne’s death, Broca examined Leborgne’s brain and observed some abnormalities in the left frontal lobe.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

The contemporary references at the end of the study are those used by the actual writer of the case study, not Pierre Paul Broca.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Broca speaks of a fetal cyst being passed in the urine of a man of sixty-one; the cyst contained remnants of hair, bone, and cartilage.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)