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miner's anaemia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables
min-er's anaemia
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of hookworm (“disease”).

Dated; Uncountable

Etymology

See miner's worm § Etymology.

Usage

Inflected Forms

miner's anæmia (alternative, dated) miner's anemia (alternative, US)

Phrases

miner's cough miner's disease miner's elbow miner's lung

Frequently Paired Words

miner's cough miner's disease miner's elbow miner's lung

Synonyms

hookworm

Questions

What does miner's anaemia mean?
Synonym of hookworm (“disease”).
Where does miner's anaemia come from?
See miner's worm § Etymology.

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