Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haematozoon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: haema-to-zoon
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any parasite in the class Aconoidasida (formerly subclass Haematozoa) inhabiting the blood.

Etymology

From haemato- + -zoon.

Inflected Forms

haematozoa (plural) haematozoan (alternative) hæmatozoon (alternative) hematozoon (alternative)

Synonyms

blood parasite

Questions

What does haematozoon mean?: Any parasite in the class Aconoidasida (formerly subclass Haematozoa) inhabiting the blood.
Where does haematozoon come from?: From haemato- + -zoon.

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