Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prefrontally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-frontal-ly
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a prefrontal direction; in a prefrontal region

Example Sentences

"Such a progressive shift to prefrontally mediated executive processes may account for the increasing link between processing speed and myelin in anterior regions with advancing age."

Etymology

From prefrontal + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: prefrontal

Questions

What does prefrontally mean?: In a prefrontal direction; in a prefrontal region
Where does prefrontally come from?: From prefrontal + -ly.

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