a region of the brain concerned with the production of speech, located in the cortex of the dominant frontal lobe. Damage in this area causes Broca’s aphasia, characterized by hesitant and fragmented speech with little grammatical structure.
Origin:
late 19th century: named after Paul Broca (1824–80), French surgeon
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Definition of Broca's area in the US English dictionary
