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parainfluenza

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables
parain-fluen-za
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of single-stranded RNA viruses belonging to the family Paramyxoviridae, which are the second most common cause of lower respiratory tract infection in younger children.

Etymology

From para- + influenza.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

parainfluenzas (plural)

Derived Forms

parainfluenzavirus

Questions

What does parainfluenza mean?
Any of a group of single-stranded RNA viruses belonging to the family Paramyxoviridae, which are the second most common cause of lower respiratory tract infection in younger children.
Where does parainfluenza come from?
From para- + influenza.

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