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orbitofrontal cortex

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
or-bitofrontal -cor-tex
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A prefrontal cortex region in the frontal lobes of the brain which is involved in the cognitive process of decision making.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

orbitofrontal cortices (plural) orbitofrontal cortexes (plural)

Questions

What does orbitofrontal cortex mean?
A prefrontal cortex region in the frontal lobes of the brain which is involved in the cognitive process of decision making.

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