Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bereitschaftspotential

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bere-itschaftspo-ten-tial
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A measure of activity in the motor cortex and supplementary motor area of the brain, leading up to voluntary muscle movement.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bereitschaftspotential (literally “readiness potential”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Bereitschaftspotential

Inflected Forms

Bereitschaftspotentials (plural)

Questions

What does bereitschaftspotential mean?: A measure of activity in the motor cortex and supplementary motor area of the brain, leading up to voluntary muscle movement.
Where does bereitschaftspotential come from?: It is traced to German.

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