cerebrocortex
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "In the cerebrocortex, anoxia leads to suppression of spontaneous electrical activity (i.e., spike arrest) [11, 12 ], silencing of AMPA and NMDA receptors [13 –16 ], and large GABA releases during anoxia that activate an inhibitory postsynaptic shunt and prevent presynaptic glutamate release [17, 18 ]."
Etymology
From cerebro- + cortex.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: cerebro