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extrastriate

extrastriate adjective: describing that part of the cortex next to the striate cortex.

Adjective

extrastriate (not comparable)

  1. Describing that part of the cortex next to the striate cortex

Origin of extrastriate

From extra- + striate.

Words formed from extrastriate

Questions about extrastriate

What does extrastriate mean?
Extrastriate means describing that part of the cortex next to the striate cortex.
What part of speech is extrastriate?
Extrastriate is an adjective.

Words near extrastriate in the dictionary

  1. extrastimulus
  2. extrastomachal
  3. extrastomachic
  4. extrastriatal
  5. extrastriatally
  6. extrastriate
  7. extrastriatum
  8. extrastriolar
  9. extrastructural
  10. extrasubsegmental
  11. extrasurgical

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