extrapyramidal

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What does extrapyramidal mean?

Of or pertaining to the neural pathways that are independent of the pyramidal tract.

Where does extrapyramidal come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English pyramidal English extrapyramidal From extra- + pyramidal.

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