PIERRE-PAUL BROCA

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• PIERRE-PAUL BROCA (noun)
  The noun PIERRE-PAUL BROCA has 1 sense:

1. French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different people; remembered for his discovery that articulate speech depends on an area of the brain now known as Broca's area (1824-1880)

  Familiarity information: PIERRE-PAUL BROCA used as a noun is very rare.

• PIERRE-PAUL BROCA (noun)

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Meaning:

French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different people; remembered for his discovery that articulate speech depends on an area of the brain now known as Broca's area (1824-1880)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Broca; Pierre-Paul Broca

Instance hypernyms:

anthropologist (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)