Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geniculoextrastriate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: genicu-loex-tras-tri-ate
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the geniculate nucleus and the extrastriate cortex.

Example Sentences

"Moreover, there is evidence that the pathways which are proposed as processing spatial properties in blindsight—the geniculoextrastriate visual pathway and collicular pathways—also process (chromatic or achromatic) color."

Etymology

From geniculo- + extrastriate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: geniculo

Questions

What does geniculoextrastriate mean?: Relating to the geniculate nucleus and the extrastriate cortex.
Where does geniculoextrastriate come from?: From geniculo- + extrastriate.

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