Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nosemosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nose-mo-sis
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

nosema disease (“infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites”)

Uncountable

noun

nosema disease (“infectious disease of adult honey bees caused by some microsporidian parasites”)

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"George (1971) reported that diets deficient in cholesterol or protein enhanced development of a nosemosis in young red flour beetles, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst)."
"Nosema apis are the causative agent of nosema disease (nosemosis) in honeybees (Apis mellifera)."

Etymology

From nosem(a) + -osis.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: nosema

Usage

Uncountable

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Synonyms

nosema

Questions

What does nosemosis mean?: nosema disease (“infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites”)
Where does nosemosis come from?: From nosem(a) + -osis.

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