Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extrastriatum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-tras-tria-tum
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The region outside of the corpus striatum

Example Sentences

"In the case of the weaker stimulus, this expansion was spatially limited, whereas in the case of the stronger stimulus, the foci kept expanding, fused together and covered a wide cortical area including V1 and the extrastriatum."

Etymology

From extra- + striatum.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: extra

Inflected Forms

extrastriata (plural)

Questions

What does extrastriatum mean?: The region outside of the corpus striatum
Where does extrastriatum come from?: From extra- + striatum.

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