Definitions for vermis

vermis ver·mis

Spelling: [vur-mis]
IPA: /ˈvɜr mɪs/

Vermis is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 114 anagrams from letters in vermis (eimrsv).

Definitions for vermis

noun

  1. the median lobe or division of the cerebellum.

Origin of vermis

1885-90; New Latin; Latin: worm; so called from its shape

Examples for vermis

The Latin name for the same discomfort was verminatio, from vermis, a worm.

I have never found the Struthiolaria vermis except cast up on ocean beaches, and it is comparatively rare.

It consists of two hemispheres or lateral lobes, and of a median or central lobe, which in human anatomy is called the vermis.

Like the cerebrum, the cerebellum has two hemispheres, separated by a structure called the vermis.

The Bishop hung his head and replied, "vermis sum—I am a worm."

The vermis and large barnacles abound, which are so destructive to shipping without copper bottoms.

Word Value for vermis
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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