Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corticopontine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cor-ti-co-pon-tine
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the pons.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sder. Latin cortexder. English cortico- English pontine English corticopontine From cortico- + pontine.

Questions

What does corticopontine mean?
Pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the pons.
Where does corticopontine come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sder. Latin cortexder. English cortico- English pontine English corticopontine From cortico- + pontine.

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