Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extrasellar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-trasel-lar
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Beyond the sella turcica

Example Sentences

"In a recent post-marketing study, adult patients with childhood-onset craniopharyngeoma^([sic]) had HRQoL similar to patients with childhood-onset extrasellar tumours, or to patients with childhood-onset idiopathic congenital hypopituitarism [27 ]."

Etymology

From extra- + sellar.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: extra

Questions

What does extrasellar mean?: Beyond the sella turcica
Where does extrasellar come from?: From extra- + sellar.

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