Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transtegmental

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: transtegmen-tal
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Across or through a tegmentum

Example Sentences

"The dorsal raphe forebrain tract is a ventral transtegmental efferent pathway coursing through the midbrain forebrain bundle (MFB) and mainly terminating within the striatum [17 ,18 ]."

Etymology

From trans- + tegmental.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: trans

Questions

What does transtegmental mean?: Across or through a tegmentum
Where does transtegmental come from?: From trans- + tegmental.

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