broca

Noun

Bro=ca

WORDNET DICTIONARY

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

is a kind of anthropologist

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Noun

gy=rus

gyrus(n = noun.body) convolution - a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain;

is a kind of anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure

has particulars: frontal gyrus, temporal gyrus, parietal gyrus, occipital gyrus, central gyrus

is a part of cerebrum

gyrus, n. [L. See Gyre, n.].

A convoluted ridge between grooves; a convolution; as, the gyri of the brain; the gyri of brain coral. See Brain. [1913 Webster]

gyrus, n. (pl. gyri) a fold or convolution, esp. of the brain.

Etymology

L f. Gk guros ring