Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perforans

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-forans
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The long flexor muscle of the toes, or the deep flexor muscle of the fingers.

Etymology

From Latin perforans.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: perforans

Inflected Forms

perforantes (plural)

Questions

What does perforans mean?: The long flexor muscle of the toes, or the deep flexor muscle of the fingers.
Where does perforans come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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