Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parafoulbrood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: parafoul-brood
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bacterial disease of bees.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Parafoulbrood is extremely infectious, apparently being readily transmitted by robbing, drifting, and by the exchange of brood or honey from infected colonies."
"Determination of causative organisms of European foulbrood and parafoulbrood needs investigation."
"At times nearly all brood diseases (American foulbrood, European foulbrood, parafoulbrood, sacbrood) were thought to represent a single malady. European and American foulbroods were especially confused."

Etymology

From para- + foulbrood.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: para

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does parafoulbrood mean?: A bacterial disease of bees.
Where does parafoulbrood come from?: From para- + foulbrood.

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