Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

medial geniculate nucleus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables: me-di-al -genic-u-late nu-cle-us
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

8

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The nucleus of the thalamus involved in the sense of audition, which receives projections from the inferior colliculus and projects to the primary auditory cortex.

Inflected Forms

medial geniculate nuclei (plural)

Questions

What does medial geniculate nucleus mean?: The nucleus of the thalamus involved in the sense of audition, which receives projections from the inferior colliculus and projects to the primary auditory cortex.

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