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hydatid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
hy-datid
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cyst due to infection by larvae of some species of the tapeworm Echinococcus.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑδατίς (hudatís, “watery vesicle”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ὑδατίς

Inflected Forms

hydatids (plural)

Derived Forms

antihydatid hydatidiform hydatidosis hydatiduria hydatiform

Phrases

hydatid of Morgagni

Questions

What does hydatid mean?
A cyst due to infection by larvae of some species of the tapeworm Echinococcus.
Where does hydatid come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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