Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

medium spiny neuron

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables: medi-um spiny neu-ron
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A special type of GABAergic inhibitory cell involved in body movement.

Inflected Forms

medium spiny neurons (plural)

Synonyms

spiny projection neuron

Questions

What does medium spiny neuron mean?: A special type of GABAergic inhibitory cell involved in body movement.

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