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pneumocystosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pneu-mo-cys-to-sis
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fungal infection with Pneumocystis jirovecii that primarily occurs as a pulmonary infection in AIDS patients.

Uncountable

Etymology

From pneumocystis + -osis.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

pneumocystoses (plural)

Synonyms

pneumocystiasis

Questions

What does pneumocystosis mean?
A fungal infection with Pneumocystis jirovecii that primarily occurs as a pulmonary infection in AIDS patients.
Where does pneumocystosis come from?
From pneumocystis + -osis.

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