paleocortical

1. 1.

   of or relating to the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum

Questions about paleocortical

What does paleocortical mean?

paleocortical means "of or relating to the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum".

How many syllables are in paleocortical?

paleocortical has 6 syllables and divides as pa-le-o-cor-ti-cal 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 paleocortical a common word?

paleocortical 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.