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retrosplenial

retrosplenial adjective: behind the splenium.

Adjective

retrosplenial (not comparable)

  1. Behind the splenium.

Origin of retrosplenial

From retro- + splenial.

Questions about retrosplenial

What does retrosplenial mean?
Retrosplenial means behind the splenium.
What part of speech is retrosplenial?
Retrosplenial is an adjective.

Words near retrosplenial in the dictionary

  1. retrospectoscopes
  2. retrospectroscope
  3. retrospectroscopes
  4. retrospects
  5. retrospenial
  6. retrosplenial
  7. retrosplenium
  8. retrospondylolisthesis
  9. retrostalsis
  10. retrosternal
  11. retrosternally

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