Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parahippocampal gyrus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: parahip-pocam-pal -gyrus
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A section of the cerebral cortex that surrounds the hippocampus and which is the lower part of the fornicate gyrus.

Inflected Forms

parahippocampal gyri (plural) parahippocampal gyruses (plural)

Questions

What does parahippocampal gyrus mean?: A section of the cerebral cortex that surrounds the hippocampus and which is the lower part of the fornicate gyrus.

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