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pollinosis

/ˌpɑləˈnoʊsɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
polli-nosis
IPA
/ˌpɑləˈnoʊsɪs/
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An allergy to grass and other pollen which causes cold symptoms in sufferers; hay fever.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From oblique stem of Latin pollen, pollinis + -osis.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌpɑləˈnoʊsɪs/
  • British English: /ˌpɒləˈnəʊsɪs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

pollinoses (plural)

Synonyms

hay fever

Questions

How do you pronounce pollinosis?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɑləˈnoʊsɪs/.
What does pollinosis mean?
An allergy to grass and other pollen which causes cold symptoms in sufferers; hay fever.
Where does pollinosis come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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