Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perisynaptic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: perisy-nap-tic
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"the perisynaptic glial sheath"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English synaptic English perisynaptic From peri- + synaptic.

Derived Forms

perisynaptically

Frequently Paired Words

perinodal parasynaptic presynaptic synaptic extrasynaptic

Questions

What does perisynaptic mean?: Near a synapse
Where does perisynaptic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- English synaptic English perisynaptic From peri- + synaptic.

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