canalicular

1. 1.

   relating to or like or having a canaliculus

Questions about canalicular

What does canalicular mean?

canalicular means "relating to or like or having a canaliculus".

How many syllables are in canalicular?

canalicular has 5 syllables and divides as ca-na-li-cu-lar under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is canalicular a common word?

canalicular is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.