Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hansen's bacterium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables
hansen's bac-teri-um
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Mycobacterium lepromatosis, the bacterium that causes leprosy (Hansen's disease).

Questions

What does hansen's bacterium mean?
Mycobacterium lepromatosis, the bacterium that causes leprosy (Hansen's disease).

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