Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postauricular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: postau-ric-u-lar
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Behind the (external) ear.

Example Sentences

"In addition, 0.5 ml of 1% lidocaine HCl was injected subcutaneously in the postauricular area for local anesthesia."

Etymology

From post- + auricular.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: post

Rhymes With

particular perpendicular curricular vehicular extracurricular testicular ventricular follicular articular lenticular funicular reticular

Questions

What does postauricular mean?: Behind the (external) ear.
Where does postauricular come from?: From post- + auricular.

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