Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

temporoorbital

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tem-poroor-bital
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the temple and the orbit of the eye

Example Sentences

"After passing rostrally into the dorsotemporal fossa, the stapedial artery becomes the temporoorbital artery (temporal artery of Oelrich [52 ])."

Etymology

From temporo- + orbital.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: temporo

Questions

What does temporoorbital mean?: Relating to the temple and the orbit of the eye
Where does temporoorbital come from?: From temporo- + orbital.

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