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diphtheroid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
diph-theroid
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to or resembling diphtheria.

adj

Of, pertaining to or resembling the diphtheria bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

noun

Any bacterium that can cause diphtheria

Etymology

From diphtheria + -oid.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

diphtheroids (plural)

Derived Forms

nondiphtheroid

Questions

What does diphtheroid mean?
Of, pertaining to or resembling diphtheria.
Where does diphtheroid come from?
From diphtheria + -oid.

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