chytridiomycosis
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An infectious disease of amphibians caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (amphibian chytrid fungus) or (chiefly in salamanders and newts) by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In epidemic outbreaks and when it is present as an endemic, vulnerability to chytridiomycosis caused by B. dendrobatidis varies widely among species."
- "2013, Evan A. Eskew, Brian D. Todd, Parallels in Amphibian and Bat Declines from Pathogenic Fungi, D. Peter Drotman (editor-in-chief), Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 19, Issues 1-3, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, page 379, Pathogenic fungi have substantial effects on global diversity, and 2 emerging pathogenic species—the chytridiomycete Batrachochrytium dendrobatidis, which causes chytridiomycosis in amphibians, and the ascomycete Geomyces destructans, which causes white-nose syndrome in hibernating bats—are implicated in the widespread decline of their vertebrate hosts."
- "Chytridiomycosis is a fungal disease that was first discovered in Queensland, Australia in 1993, though it has probably been in Australia since the 1970s."
Etymology
From chytridio- + mycosis, from Ancient Greek χυτρίδιον (khutrídion, “little pot”), and μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”).