Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preauricular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: preau-ric-u-lar
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In front of the external ear.

Example Sentences

"The signals were bandpass-filtered to 0.03–330 Hz and sampled at 1 kHz. Four head-position-indicator coils were attached to the subject's scalp, and head coordinates were registered with a 3D digitizer by identifying the locations of the coils together with the locations of three anatomical landmarks (nasion and left and right preauricular points) and some additional points on the scalp."

Etymology

From pre- + auricular.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does preauricular mean?: In front of the external ear.
Where does preauricular come from?: From pre- + auricular.

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