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vermis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables
ver-mis
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A narrow, worm-like structure found in animal brains between the hemispheres of the cerebellum; it is the site of termination of the spinocerebellar pathways that carry subconscious proprioception.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis Proto-Italic *wormis Latin vermis English vermis From Latin vermis (“worm”), from Proto-Italic *wormis, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Doublet of worm.

Inflected Forms

vermes (plural)

Derived Forms

paravermis vermal

Synonyms

vermis cerebelli

Questions

What does vermis mean?
A narrow, worm-like structure found in animal brains between the hemispheres of the cerebellum; it is the site of termination of the spinocerebellar pathways that carry subconscious proprioception.
Where does vermis come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis Proto-Italic *wormis Latin vermis English vermis From Latin vermis (“worm”), from Proto-Italic *wormis, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Doublet of worm.

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