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viscerocranium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vis-ce-ro-cra-ni-um
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The part of the skull that developed from the embryonic branchial arches (the facial bones, rather than the cranium)

Etymology

From viscero- + cranium.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

viscerocrania (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

craniovisceral

Synonyms

splanchnocranium

Questions

What does viscerocranium mean?
The part of the skull that developed from the embryonic branchial arches (the facial bones, rather than the cranium)
Where does viscerocranium come from?
From viscero- + cranium.

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