utriculus

What does utriculus mean?

utriculus means "a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open".

How many syllables are in utriculus?

utriculus has 4 syllables and divides as u-tri-cu-lus 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.

What is another word for utriculus?

Close synonyms include utricle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is utriculus a common word?

utriculus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for utriculus come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.