Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extraretinal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-trareti-nal
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Outside of the retina.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English retinal English extraretinal From extra- + retinal.

Rhymes With

retinal subretinal vitreoretinal epiretinal chorioretinal intraretinal cilioretinal tapetoretinal hemiretinal colliculoretinal preretinal cerebroretinal

Questions

What does extraretinal mean?: Outside of the retina.
Where does extraretinal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English retinal English extraretinal From extra- + retinal.

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