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corticotectal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cor-ti-co-tec-tal
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or connecting a cortex and a tectum

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sder. Latin cortexder. English cortico- English tectal English corticotectal From cortico- + tectal.

Inflected Forms

more corticotectal (comparative) most corticotectal (superlative)

Questions

What does corticotectal mean?
Of, pertaining to, or connecting a cortex and a tectum
Where does corticotectal come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sder. Latin cortexder. English cortico- English tectal English corticotectal From cortico- + tectal.

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