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perisylvian

/pɛɹəˈsɪlvi.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
peri-syl-vian
IPA
/pɛɹəˈsɪlvi.ən/
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Around the sylvian fissure in the cerebral cortex

Etymology

From peri- + sylvian.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /pɛɹəˈsɪlvi.ən/
  • British English: /pɛɹəˈsɪlvi.ən/

Inflected Forms

peri-sylvian (alternative)

Phrases

perisylvian syndrome

Questions

How do you pronounce perisylvian?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɛɹəˈsɪlvi.ən/.
What does perisylvian mean?
Around the sylvian fissure in the cerebral cortex
Where does perisylvian come from?
From peri- + sylvian.

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