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intestinal flora

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.17 in modern English

Syllables
in-testi-nal flo-ra
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The microorganisms (bacteria, archaebacteria, fungi, protists, and viruses) that inhabit the intestines of animal hosts, especially those in a mutualistic relation with the host.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

intestinal floras (plural)

Synonyms

gut flora gut microbiota gut microbiome

Questions

What does intestinal flora mean?
The microorganisms (bacteria, archaebacteria, fungi, protists, and viruses) that inhabit the intestines of animal hosts, especially those in a mutualistic relation with the host.

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