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mucormycosis

/mju.kəɹ.maɪˈkoʊ.səs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables
mu-cormy-co-sis
IPA
/mju.kəɹ.maɪˈkoʊ.səs/
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any fungal infection caused by fungi in the order Mucorales.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From mucor (“mouldy”) + mycosis (“fungal infection”). From translingual Mucorales, from Latin mucor (“mustiness”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /mju.kəɹ.maɪˈkoʊ.səs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

mucormycoses (plural)

Synonyms

black fungus

Questions

How do you pronounce mucormycosis?
The recorded pronunciation is /mju.kəɹ.maɪˈkoʊ.səs/.
What does mucormycosis mean?
Any fungal infection caused by fungi in the order Mucorales.
Where does mucormycosis come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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