transcranial
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Passing through the cranium.
Example Sentences
- "transcranial magnetic stimulation"
- "transcranial brain stimulation"
- "transcranial radiography"
- "The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation are modified when combined with medication and other neurostimulation techniques, such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation."
- "The field of brain stimulation is in its infancy, though preliminary studies have shown that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), which uses direct electrical currents to stimulate specific parts of the brain, can help with depression, anxiety and chronic pain but can also cause burns on the skin."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English cranial English transcranial From trans- + cranial.