Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neurulation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: neu-ru-la-tion
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process by which the beginnings of the vertebrate nervous system is formed in embryos.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English neurula Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English neurulation From neurula + -ation.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

neurulations (plural)

Derived Forms

postneurulation

Frequently Paired Words

neurula

Questions

What does neurulation mean?: The process by which the beginnings of the vertebrate nervous system is formed in embryos.
Where does neurulation come from?: Etymology tree English neurula Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English neurulation From neurula + -ation.

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