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echinococcosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
echinococ-co-sis
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A potentially fatal parasitic disease of animals and humans, caused by the Echinococcus tapeworm.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Echinococcus + -osis

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

echinococcoses (plural)

Synonyms

hydatid disease hydatidosis

Questions

What does echinococcosis mean?
A potentially fatal parasitic disease of animals and humans, caused by the Echinococcus tapeworm.
Where does echinococcosis come from?
Echinococcus + -osis

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