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herpetism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
her-petism
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

herpetic diathesis, or a tendency to be afflicted with herpes

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From herpes + -ism. For diatheses named by suffixing -ism, cf. cancerism.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

herpetisms (plural)

Questions

What does herpetism mean?
herpetic diathesis, or a tendency to be afflicted with herpes
Where does herpetism come from?
From herpes + -ism. For diatheses named by suffixing -ism, cf. cancerism.

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