Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

splenial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sple-nial
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the splenium, especially describing the pair of muscles, at the back of the neck, that move the head and neck

noun

Inflected Forms

splenials (plural)

Derived Forms

angulosplenial dentalosplenial parasplenial postsplenial retrosplenial suprasplenial

Questions

What does splenial mean?: Relating to the splenium, especially describing the pair of muscles, at the back of the neck, that move the head and neck

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