Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postcommissure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: post-com-mis-sure
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A transverse commissure in the posterior part of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commissure.

Example Sentences

"By gently moving its caudal end , its ventro-cephalic angle will be found to be continuous with the mesocælian roof by a curved and corrugated lamina, the POSTCOMMISSURE"

Etymology

From post- + commissure.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: post

Inflected Forms

postcommissures (plural)

Questions

What does postcommissure mean?: A transverse commissure in the posterior part of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commissure.
Where does postcommissure come from?: From post- + commissure.

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