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congenital cutaneous candidiasis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables
con-gen-i-tal -cu-ta-neous -can-didi-a-sis
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
11
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fungal infection in infants, characterized by red patches and small bumps on the skin or in the mouth, appearing at birth or a few days after birth.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Candida, the type of yeast that causes this infection. This term replaced Beck-Ibrahim disease since the latter's namesake, Yusuf Ibraham, is associated with Nazi euthanasia.

Usage

Questions

What does congenital cutaneous candidiasis mean?
A fungal infection in infants, characterized by red patches and small bumps on the skin or in the mouth, appearing at birth or a few days after birth.
Where does congenital cutaneous candidiasis come from?
From Candida, the type of yeast that causes this infection. This term replaced Beck-Ibrahim disease since the latter's namesake, Yusuf Ibraham, is associated with Nazi euthanasia.

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