sensorineural

1. 1.

   of or relating to the neural process of sensation

Questions about sensorineural

What does sensorineural mean?

sensorineural means "of or relating to the neural process of sensation".

How many syllables are in sensorineural?

sensorineural has 6 syllables and divides as sen-so-ri-ne-u-ral 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 sensorineural a common word?

sensorineural 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.