atlantooccipital
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Situated between the superior articular facets of the atlas and the condyles of the occipital bone.
Example Sentences
- "Briefly, the rats were chronically implanted with catheters; they were anesthetized with ketamine and xylazine (75 mg/kg, 12 mg/kg, resp.), were placed in a stereotaxic frame, and underwent surgical procedures that exposed the atlantooccipital membrane by means of an incision in the neck."
Etymology
From atlanto- + occipital.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: atlanto