Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monro-kellie hypothesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables: mon-ro-kel-lie hy-poth-e-sis
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A hypothesis that states that the sum of the volumes of brain tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, and intracranial blood within the rigid skull remains constant.

Etymology

Named after Scottish physicians Alexander Monro Secundus (1733–1817) and George Kellie (1770–1829), who developed the hypothesis.

Inflected Forms

the Monro-Kellie hypothesis (canonical)

Synonyms

Monro-Kellie doctrine

Questions

What does monro-kellie hypothesis mean?: A hypothesis that states that the sum of the volumes of brain tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, and intracranial blood within the rigid skull remains constant.
Where does monro-kellie hypothesis come from?: Named after Scottish physicians Alexander Monro Secundus (1733–1817) and George Kellie (1770–1829), who developed the hypothesis.

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