subiculum
noun
subiculum is a noun meaning “The most inferior component of the hippocampal formation, lying between the entorhinal cortex and the CA1 subfield of the hippocampus proper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-U-B-I-C-U-L-U-M, and it appears about once in every 81 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of subiculum is subicula.
What does subiculum mean?
noun
- 1
The most inferior component of the hippocampal formation, lying between the entorhinal cortex and the CA1 subfield of the hippocampus proper.
- 2
A felted or byssoid stratum of hyphae, bearing perithecia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of subiculum
- subicula plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is subiculum?
Subiculum appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does subiculum come from?
From Latin subiculum (“support”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).