Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

papillary muscle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables: pap-il-lary -mus-cle
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of several muscles located in the ventricles of the heart and preventing the atrioventricular valves from prolapsing on systole.

Inflected Forms

papillary muscles (plural)

Synonyms

musculus papillaris

Questions

What does papillary muscle mean?: One of several muscles located in the ventricles of the heart and preventing the atrioventricular valves from prolapsing on systole.

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