Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lenticulostriate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lentic-u-los-tri-ate
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the lentiform nucleus and the striatum

adj

Relating to the lenticulostriate arteries (a group of small arteries arising at the commencement of the middle cerebral artery) or the territory supplied by those arteries.

noun

A lenticulostriate artery

Example Sentences

"The adjacent region included the operculum, lenticulostriate nucleus, extreme capsule, and claustrum, whereas the remote region involved other areas within the MCA territory except for those assigned to the adjacent region."
"lenticulostriate infarction"

Etymology

From lenticulo- + striate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: lenticulo

Inflected Forms

lenticulostriates (plural)

Synonyms

lenticulostriatal

Questions

What does lenticulostriate mean?: Relating to the lentiform nucleus and the striatum
Where does lenticulostriate come from?: From lenticulo- + striate.

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