Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cystacanth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cys-ta-canth
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The final larval stage of an acanthocephalan, infective to the definitive host.

Etymology

From cyst + Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἄκανθα

Inflected Forms

cystacanths (plural)

Questions

What does cystacanth mean?: The final larval stage of an acanthocephalan, infective to the definitive host.
Where does cystacanth come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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