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Broca

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

noun

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


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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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

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 gives a detailed description of the case study participant.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Azam of Bordeaux and Broca of Paris made some experiments following Braid's method, and several times performed some painless operations by this means.

From Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing by Cutten, George Barton

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