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retrorubral

retrorubral adjective: behind the red nucleus of the midbrain.

Adjective

retrorubral (not comparable)

  1. Behind the red nucleus of the midbrain

Origin of retrorubral

From retro- + rubral.

Questions about retrorubral

What does retrorubral mean?
Retrorubral means behind the red nucleus of the midbrain.
What part of speech is retrorubral?
Retrorubral is an adjective.

Words near retrorubral in the dictionary

  1. retrorolandic
  2. retrorsal
  3. retrorse
  4. retrorsely
  5. retrorsine
  6. retrorubral
  7. retros
  8. retroscape
  9. retroscapes
  10. retroscapular
  11. retroscopic

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