Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pericaval

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-i-cav-al
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Surrounding the vena cava

Example Sentences

"With a pooled prevalence of 47.1% (95%CI:36.0–55.5), the retrocaval course of the SANa was the most common course of the artery, followed by the precaval and pericaval courses with a pooled prevalence of 38.9% (95%CI:28.5–47.6) and 14.0% (95%CI:7.5–21.1), respectively."

Etymology

From peri- + caval.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: peri

Questions

What does pericaval mean?: Surrounding the vena cava
Where does pericaval come from?: From peri- + caval.

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