Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemoparasite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hemopar-a-site
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any parasite that lives in the blood of its host

Example Sentences

"Instead, we added each gastrointestinal parasite predictor to the best-fitting hemoparasite and extrinsic variables model (see above) and observed whether the model fit was improved."

Etymology

From hemo- + parasite.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hemo

Inflected Forms

hemoparasites (plural)

Derived Forms

hemoparasitism

Frequently Paired Words

hemoparasitic

Questions

What does hemoparasite mean?: Any parasite that lives in the blood of its host
Where does hemoparasite come from?: From hemo- + parasite.

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