Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

c. diff

/ˈsiː ˈdɪf/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: c. d-iff
IPA: /ˈsiː ˈdɪf/

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Clostridium difficile, a species of bacteria.

Uncountable

noun

A Clostridium difficile infection.

Uncountable

Etymology

Clipping of C. difficile.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Cdiff (alternative) C.diff (alternative) C.-diff (alternative) C-diff (alternative) C diff (alternative)

Synonyms

C. difficile CDI

Questions

How do you pronounce c. diff?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsiː ˈdɪf/.
What does c. diff mean?: Clostridium difficile, a species of bacteria.
Where does c. diff come from?: Clipping of C. difficile.

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