Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anterior commissure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: an-te-ri-or -com-mis-sure
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

7

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bundle of nerve fibers connecting the two temporal lobes of the cerebral hemispheres across the midline, and placed in front of the columns of the fornix.

Inflected Forms

anterior commissures (plural)

Synonyms

precommissure

Questions

What does anterior commissure mean?: A bundle of nerve fibers connecting the two temporal lobes of the cerebral hemispheres across the midline, and placed in front of the columns of the fornix.

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