perithelial

1. 1.

   of or relating to the tissue layer around small blood vessels

Questions about perithelial

What does perithelial mean?

perithelial means "of or relating to the tissue layer around small blood vessels".

How many syllables are in perithelial?

perithelial has 5 syllables and divides as pe-ri-the-li-al 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 perithelial a common word?

perithelial 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.