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corticospinal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.60 in modern English

Syllables
cor-ti-cospinal
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sder. Latin cortexder. English cortico- English spinal English corticospinal From cortico- + spinal.

Rhymes With

final vinyl spinal vaginal intestinal semifinal doctrinal quarterfinal urinal cerebrospinal transvaginal mediastinal

Questions

What does corticospinal mean?
Of, or pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord.
Where does corticospinal come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sder. Latin cortexder. English cortico- English spinal English corticospinal From cortico- + spinal.

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