Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extramacular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-tra-mac-u-lar
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Outside of the macula.

Example Sentences

"In the RPE-choroid there was evidence of wound response in both macular and extramacular regions, whereas in the retina the region of response was limited to the macula, as is the primary visual loss."

Etymology

From extra- + macular.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: extra

Questions

What does extramacular mean?: Outside of the macula.
Where does extramacular come from?: From extra- + macular.

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