Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

periaqueduct

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pe-ri-aque-duct
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The area surrounding the cerebral aqueduct

Example Sentences

"Abdominal surgery increased c-Fos in the prelimbic, cingulate and insular cortexes, and autonomic nuclei, such as the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, central amygdala, hypothalamic supraoptic (SON), paraventricular and arcuate nuclei, Edinger-Westphal nucleus (E-W), lateral periaqueduct gray (PAG), lateral parabrachial nucleus, locus coeruleus, ventrolateral medulla and nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS)."

Etymology

From peri- + aqueduct.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: peri

Inflected Forms

periaqueducts (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

periaqueductal

Questions

What does periaqueduct mean?: The area surrounding the cerebral aqueduct
Where does periaqueduct come from?: From peri- + aqueduct.

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