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entamoebiasis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
en-ta-moe-bi-a-sis
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Infection with certain species of entamoebae, which sometimes causes gastroenteritis, diarrhea, dysentery, and other symptoms; most cases of amoebiasis and amoebic dysentery are entamoebiasis, but they are usually called by the aforementioned names.

Uncountable

Etymology

From entamoeba + -iasis.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

endamebiasis (alternative) entamebiasis (alternative)

Questions

What does entamoebiasis mean?
Infection with certain species of entamoebae, which sometimes causes gastroenteritis, diarrhea, dysentery, and other symptoms; most cases of amoebiasis and amoebic dysentery are entamoebiasis, but they are usually called by the aforementioned names.
Where does entamoebiasis come from?
From entamoeba + -iasis.

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