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ascariasis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
as-cari-a-sis
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disease of humans caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides in humans and by other species of Ascaris in other mammals.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From ascar- + -iasis.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

ascariases (plural)

Rhymes With

diocese leishmaniasis filariasis amoebiasis toxocariasis ancylostomiasis trichuriasis anisakiasis loiasis wuchereriasis baylisascariasis mansonelliasis

Questions

What does ascariasis mean?
A disease of humans caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides in humans and by other species of Ascaris in other mammals.
Where does ascariasis come from?
From ascar- + -iasis.

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