- Broca motor speech area
- an area comprising parts of the opercular portion of the inferior frontal gyrus; injury to this area may result in a minor form of motor aphasia.
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Broca motor speech area
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Broca amnesia motor speech area etc. — Bro·ca amnesia, motor speech area, etc. (bro kahґ) [Pierre Paul Broca, French anatomist, anthropologist, and surgeon, 1824–1880] see under area, convolution, and fissure, and see expressive aphasia, under aphasia, visual plane, under plane, and … Medical dictionary
motor speech area — see Broca motor speech a. and Wernicke second motor speech a … Medical dictionary
Broca center — Broca motor speech area … Medical dictionary
motor aphasia — n the inability to speak or to organize the muscular movements of speech called also aphemia, Broca s aphasia * * * aphasia in which there is impairment of the ability to speak and write, owing to a lesion in the insula and surrounding operculum … Medical dictionary
motor area — n any of various areas of cerebral cortex believed to be associated with the initiation, coordination, and transmission of motor impulses to lower centers specif a region immediately anterior to the central sulcus having an unusually thick zone… … Medical dictionary
Broca's area — noun the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people • Syn: ↑Broca s center, ↑Broca s gyrus, ↑Broca s convolution, ↑convolution of Broca • Hypernyms: ↑center, ↑centre, ↑nerve center … Useful english dictionary
Broca's convolution — noun the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people • Syn: ↑Broca s area, ↑Broca s center, ↑Broca s gyrus, ↑convolution of Broca • Hypernyms: ↑center, ↑centre, ↑nerve center, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Broca's gyrus — noun the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people • Syn: ↑Broca s area, ↑Broca s center, ↑Broca s convolution, ↑convolution of Broca • Hypernyms: ↑center, ↑centre, ↑nerve center … Useful english dictionary
Broca's center — noun the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people • Syn: ↑Broca s area, ↑Broca s gyrus, ↑Broca s convolution, ↑convolution of Broca • Hypernyms: ↑center, ↑centre, ↑nerve center, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
speech — /speech/, n. 1. the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one s thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity. 2. the act of speaking: He expresses… … Universalium
