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myiasis

/maɪˈaɪ.ə.sɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables
myi-a-sis
IPA
/maɪˈaɪ.ə.sɪs/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The infestation of a living vertebrate by maggots.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa, “fly”) + -iasis.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

myiases (plural)

Derived Forms

ophthalmomyiasis pseudomyiasis

Frequently Paired Words

myiatic myiasitic

Synonyms

flystrike

Questions

How do you pronounce myiasis?
The recorded pronunciation is /maɪˈaɪ.ə.sɪs/.
What does myiasis mean?
The infestation of a living vertebrate by maggots.
Where does myiasis come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce myiasis

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