Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

urinary tract infection

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables: uri-nary -trac-t in-fec-tion
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An infection that affects part of the urinary tract.

Example Sentences

"The priest proceeds to pour bowl after bowl of ceremonial water on our scalps. My makeup, hair and contact lenses stream down my cheeks. My eyes burn. I wonder if I could get a urinary tract infection this way."

Inflected Forms

urinary tract infections (plural) UTI (abbreviation) urinary-tract infection (alternative)

Questions

What does urinary tract infection mean?: An infection that affects part of the urinary tract.

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