Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rostroventrolaterally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ros-tro-ven-tro-lat-er-al-ly
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

8

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a rostroventrolateral direction

Example Sentences

"After giving off the mandibular artery, the temporoorbital artery courses dorsally through the caudal aspect of the laterotemporal fossa, then curves rostroventrolaterally along the medial aspect of the frontal-postfrontal-postorbital articulation, where it passes into the dorsotemporal fossa."

Etymology

From rostroventrolateral + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: rostroventrolateral

Questions

What does rostroventrolaterally mean?: In a rostroventrolateral direction
Where does rostroventrolaterally come from?: From rostroventrolateral + -ly.

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