periannulus
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The region surrounding an annulus of the heart
Example Sentences
- "A pannus arising from the neointima in the periannulus of the left ventricular septum ( 24 ) may extend to the orifice and hinges of a prosthetic valve and result in restricted leaflet motion or may cause severe stenosis due to obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract by a circumferential pannus without restricting leaflet motion ( 22 23 )."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
periannuluses (plural)
periannuli (plural)