Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neurofibril

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: neu-rofib-ril
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of microscopic fibrils through the body of a neuron that extend into the axon and dendrites

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English fibril English neurofibril From neuro- + fibril.

Inflected Forms

neurofibrils (plural)

Questions

What does neurofibril mean?: Any of a group of microscopic fibrils through the body of a neuron that extend into the axon and dendrites
Where does neurofibril come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English fibril English neurofibril From neuro- + fibril.

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