BROCA'S GYRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Broca's gyrus mean? 

• BROCA'S GYRUS (noun)
  The noun BROCA'S GYRUS has 1 sense:

1. the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people

  Familiarity information: BROCA'S GYRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROCA'S GYRUS (noun)

Sense 1

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 gyrus" is a kind of...):

center; centre; nerve center; nerve centre (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process)

Holonyms ("Broca's gyrus" 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)