Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ectosylvian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ec-to-syl-vian
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Outside the lateral sulcus of the brain

Example Sentences

"Rather, cortical areas surrounding the posterior ectosylvian sulcus responded preferentially to the IRN stimulus when compared to narrowband noise, with group analyses revealing bilateral activity centred in the posterior auditory field (PAF)."

Etymology

From ecto- + Sylvian.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ecto

Questions

What does ectosylvian mean?: Outside the lateral sulcus of the brain
Where does ectosylvian come from?: From ecto- + Sylvian.

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