BROCA'S CONVOLUTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does Broca's convolution mean? • BROCA'S CONVOLUTION (noun)
The noun BROCA'S CONVOLUTION has 1 sense:
1. the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people
Familiarity information: BROCA'S CONVOLUTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BROCA'S CONVOLUTION (noun)
Meaning:
The motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
Broca's area; Broca's center; Broca's convolution; Broca's gyrus; convolution of Broca
Hypernyms ("Broca's convolution" is a kind of...):
center; centre; nerve center; nerve centre (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process)
Holonyms ("Broca's convolution" is a part of...):
language area; language zone (a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language)
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