Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laterobasal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lat-er-obasal
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

lateral and basal

Example Sentences

"Computed tomography (CT) showed pulmonary nodules with regular margins and lobulated contours scattered throughout both lungs, the largest measuring 14 × 12 mm in size located in the laterobasal segment of the lower lobe, which suggested metastatic lung disease ( Figure 1 )."

Etymology

From latero- + basal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: latero

Questions

What does laterobasal mean?: lateral and basal
Where does laterobasal come from?: From latero- + basal.

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