Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jacobson's organ

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: ja-cob-son's or-gan
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The vomeronasal organ, an auxiliary olfactory sense organ found in many animals.

Etymology

After Ludwig Lewin Jacobson (1783–1843), Danish surgeon, who discovered it in 1813.

Inflected Forms

Jacobson's organs (plural)

Synonyms

vomeronasal organ VNO

Questions

What does jacobson's organ mean?: The vomeronasal organ, an auxiliary olfactory sense organ found in many animals.
Where does jacobson's organ come from?: After Ludwig Lewin Jacobson (1783–1843), Danish surgeon, who discovered it in 1813.

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