Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

entorhinal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables
en-torhi-nal
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to that part of the brain within the rhinal cortex, or to the entorhinal cortex.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁éntos Proto-Hellenic *entós Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós)der. English ento- English rhinal English entorhinal From ento- + rhinal.

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What does entorhinal mean?
Of or relating to that part of the brain within the rhinal cortex, or to the entorhinal cortex.
Where does entorhinal come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁éntos Proto-Hellenic *entós Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós)der. English ento- English rhinal English entorhinal From ento- + rhinal.

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