paludic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative form of paludal.
Example Sentences
- "The form of the paludic ameba is spherical when it is big and strong."
- "The paludic soils, coded "Pt," characterize peat accumulated in fen, transitional, or bog mire ecosystems."
- "The six forms of it studied successively by the author are : paludic orchidalgia, orchitis of the neuralgic form, hemorrhagic orchitis complicated with paludism, primitive paludic orchitis, chronic paludic orchitis, and paludic urethritis."
- "The principle explaining the transmission of paludic diseases through the introduction of the protozoa into the body of the Anopheles, and consequently into the vertebrate animals is universally accepted."
- "Quinine, for example, was a known treatment for malaria and other 'bilious fevers of a paludic nature'."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
more paludic (comparative)
most paludic (superlative)