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trichina

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
trichi-na
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several parasitic roundworms, of the genus Trichinella, that infect the intestines and cause trichinosis

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek τρίχινος (tríkhinos, “of hair”), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, τρίχινος

Inflected Forms

trichinas (plural) trichinae (plural)

Derived Forms

trichinize trichinoscope

Frequently Paired Words

trichinal trichinate

Synonyms

trichinella spiralis

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does trichina mean?
Any of several parasitic roundworms, of the genus Trichinella, that infect the intestines and cause trichinosis
Where does trichina come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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