Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pericommissural

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: peri-com-mis-sur-al
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Around a commissure.

Example Sentences

"Accordingly, cocaine-induced reinstatement of responding was inhibited by baclofen+muscimol inactivation of the pericommissural core, whereas inactivation of the ventromedial shell enhanced it."

Etymology

From peri- + commissural.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: peri

Questions

What does pericommissural mean?: Around a commissure.
Where does pericommissural come from?: From peri- + commissural.

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