Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retrohippocampal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
retro-hip-pocam-pal
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

To the rear of the hippocampus

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin retrōder. English retro- English hippocampal English retrohippocampal From retro- + hippocampal.

Inflected Forms

more retrohippocampal (comparative) most retrohippocampal (superlative)

Questions

What does retrohippocampal mean?
To the rear of the hippocampus
Where does retrohippocampal come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin retrōder. English retro- English hippocampal English retrohippocampal From retro- + hippocampal.

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